fried ryce: I don't know but I might have to kill Hinata off in order to show she is not weak! Well yes, I did say it will have a sad ending well, at least I think it'll be sad; you'll have to tell me when the end comes along (which by the way is real soon). But, thanks, I doubt there will be anymore cotton candy and rainbows left is this story only really, really big gray clouds…
winterkaguya: Thank You! I love that you loved the ending, I was hoping, praying someone would mention it! I really appreciate that you liked it! I'll admit I think I'm really proud of those last three lines, when I think about that ending it brings tears to my eyes(happy one's of course!) that ending foreshadows, Hinata's future or non-future…
Hinata6: Thanks, I'm happy you liked it. I hope you'll really like what comes next. Though I must admit you might hate Sasuke after this, well at least I do! But, I'm sorry to say Hinata won't be able to stop Sasuke. I might just have to kill him off too…for being an ahole!
readifyouplease: Thanks! I'm real glad you found it sad, really I' am, my aim with this story is to bring a few people to tears…I'll try to bring more awesomeness.
Black Diamond07: Thanks, I try, I kind of thought you'd like that part about Hinata being silent, (though I must admit my favorite part was her laughing and crying then leaving the funeral doing those things). I aim to please.
Altaria Tsukino: Thank you and I truly hope you'll continue to love this story! I hope you feel and get better!
netbreker0: I can't confirm or deny that Hinata may or may not join Itachi to become his student…but then again Hinata might not live long enough to actually go learn from our frienemy, Itachi. Plus what makes you think our Hinata is not strong enough to stop that ahole? (sighs) Your right she's not that strong but she tries. Actually, Hinata invented her own sealing jutsu similar to the Fourths but still different…you'll have to wait and find out…But then again she might not live long enough to actually use it…The Third did want her to live a long life but he knew Hinata was the only one who could stop the Snake. Plus Hinata doesn't want to bring Sasuke back...she wants to become Itachi's student for a whole different reason…that is if she lives and plus if I told you what Hinata wants to do to Sasuke I'll ruin the story for you and I don't want that so you'll have to wait and see what she really want to do to the Traitor…
muddledthoughts: Thanks, for noticing the bond Hinata had with the Third, I wasn't sure if a lot of people actually got it, I'm happy that you did. Also, thanks for noticing how Hinata reacted after hearing about the Third's death I'm happy that you understood how she reacted kind of like Itachi(at least I hoped people would notice and I see that you did). Actually, Itachi already came to the village and left. Itachi wants her to come to him of her own free will so he wouldn't come to the village to get her she has to go to him. But then again, he might be a little disappointed if Hinata does expire before the time is right. If she does by some miracle survive, it'll probably be a couple of months after the Traitor leaves to be Orochimaru's Bitch (sorry for the harsh words). Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it! I hope you like what's coming next…
Rikkamaru: Your welcome, don't worry I will let Sakuya make in appearance soon, but our poor little (or should I say big since she's like 6 feet high and still growing) will see no action. Okay let's say if Hinata does live and if she does have kids and if she has a son he will be able to summon tiger's. Sakuya isn't afraid of males, she just doesn't like them. Sakuya is considered a flirt back in her realm let's say she's popular with the boy tigers. But I'll let you in a little secret Sakuya could have little cubs then those cubs would probably be able to be summoned by Hinata's kid's (if she lives of course). So Sakuya's and Hinata's (if she is still alive) kid's would be able to train together and be friend's much like their mother's. This is of course is just a theory it's not like I thought about it when I created Sakuya, just a theory my friend…just a theory…
That Night…
It was That Night; I knew my whole destiny changed…
That night changed the lives of many not just mine…
That night changed the destiny of thousands and not in a good way…
I wake up with a hand to my throat making sure no one slashed it, I open my eyes gasping, I feel as if I've just finished running a marathon, I can't find the air I need in my lungs. I feel an icy cold shiver go down my spine, I start to shake against my will, my teeth start to clatter and I get this ugly feeling in the pit of my stomach. I sit up. Something bad is going to happen tonight, something really bad…
Have you ever woken up from a nightmare gasping for air and holding onto your throat making sure it's not bleeding? That's what today feels like, it's feels as if I've woken up from the nightmare but I feel like I'm still in it. I find myself pinching my arm as I walk towards the hospital, just to make sure I'm truly awake but I still can't rid of that nagging feeling in the back of my mind that tonight my nightmare will come true, and that feeling in the pit of my stomach confirms my thoughts.
I walk slowly towards the hospital I must talk to Sasuke; it doesn't matter if he gets angry at me. I have to tell him not to leave. I'll have to tell him the truth about how I feel for him even thought he told me never to say it again…
After the massacre of the Uchiha…
I watch as Sasuke just looks at the ceiling angry, sad, upset, he has so many emotions flashing through his eyes. I just sit here watching not understanding what he's going through all I could do is bring him the food we just ate and be here for him.
It hurts me to see him like this, I miss the old boy, I knew. In just a few days he's changed, he's matured into an adult. I don't like it he should still be acting like a kid but, he won't, he won't ever act like a kid, that event changed his like forever and nothing could change that, not even if he does succeed in killing Itachi.
"Sasuke I have something to say to you. Something I've been waiting to tell you." I say, quietly. He doesn't react he just keep's looking at the ceiling; I feel my heart begin to break slowly for his pain and him.
"Sasuke I lo…" but he didn't let me finish as he sits up to look at me with a blank stare.
"Don't say it, Hinata," he tells me quietly as he looks at me with sad eyes, I feel my heart continue to break at a much faster pace.
"Why, Sasuke, if it's the truth why can't I say it?" I ask him my tears threatening to fall as I look into his onyx eyes, that I love so much.
"Hinata what happened yesterday changed everything. All the promises we made are now forgotten, I could never make them come true anymore. Never," I look at him as he looks at the floor looking heartbroken; my hot tears begin to fall freely.
"Why?" I whisper as I watch him, he looks to be in pain.
"Don't ask me. Don't ever mention that word if you do, that day we will stop talking," he says as he looks at me one last time then he rests back down. I just cry silently hearing the echo of my heart continuing to break.
I enter his hospital room only to find it empty, how weird. He should still be resting; those are the Hokage's orders. I hear something up on the roof top, for some reason the noise's are drawing me up there, I stand in the doorway looking as Naruto and Sasuke go at each other.
I watch helplessly as two friends and rival's go at one another, I feel my tears roll down my cheeks, I watch a heartbroken and crying Sakura stand in the middle of them trying to stop them not caring if she gets harmed. I want to run out, to push her out of the way but my feet won't budge plus, I see as Kakashi sensei appears and deflects each attack.
I just stand here watching and listening to Kakashi sensei lecture the two boys on his team. I want to go over there and yell at them but, I mustn't this has to do with their team.
I watch as Sasuke runs off, with my eyes I see him runaway in slow motion and that's when I see something flash in his eye's, that's when I realized today is the day, the day has finally arrived.
"Hinata? Why did you not do anything to try and stop them?" Kakashi sensei asks me with his back to me, then he turns around to face me and in his eye I could tell he's accusing me of something else, did you want Sakura to die? He doesn't ask me but I could tell he's thinking it.
"My feet wouldn't budge," I confess then I look to the ground. "Plus, it's not my place to stop them, this is something between the two of them, no one should stand between a fight. They should just let it happen even if it hurts you," I look at Sakura, she looks to the ground.
"Even if it means one of them will die?" Kakashi sensei asks me.
"Yes, even then," I tell him. Then Naruto turns around to look at me surprised, I guess he was lost in his thoughts and didn't notice me until now.
"Oh, Hinata, since when have you been here?" he asks me as he walks over to me.
"Since the beginning," Kakashi sensei tells him.
"Really? Thanks, for not interfering," he tells me.
"I couldn't even if I wanted to, you guys have to deal with it by yourselves or it'll become something more," I say as I look at Kakashi but, then I look at the roof floor.
"I knew you'd understand," he tells me I look up at him and see a huge smile on his lips, I smile back.
"I should go find Sasuke," I tell them, I turn around to leave but, then I feel someone to the right of me, I look up to find Naruto there, he smiles at me.
"I should help," he says as he gets a hold of my hand.
"Do you think it's a good idea?" I ask him.
"Yup," he tells me.
"Wait, Naruto, I have to talk to you," Sakura says as she wipes away her tears, I could tell he was about to say no, but I touch his upper arm and say.
"Naruto, she's your teammate, you must listen to her, she needs you right now," I tell him as I let go of his hand and walk away, I feel someone walk behind me, I turn around to find Kakashi sensei.
"I didn't want her to die," I tell him, he nods.
"I saw your face, I could tell you were scared plus, I guess you were right, it could turn into something more," he says as he walks beside me.
"Actually, I think it's already become, something more," I whisper, I could feel Kakashi sensei look down at me, I sense him watching me. "I think…" Sasuke is going to leave the village tonight to go to Orochimaru. I finish in my head, I can't bring myself to say it, I put my hand to my chest, I feel my heart beat faster and louder, it hurts.
"Hinata, what's wrong?" he asks me, I feel the tears burn my eyelids, as I close them; I bite down on my tongue inside my closed mouth. "Hinata there is nothing to worry about, he won't leave," he tells me softly. I open my eyes and the tears start to fall, I look into his eye, he truly believes it, I look away, unable to see his hope while mine is dying.
"I wished I believed you. But, you've forgotten I've known Sasuke longer then you, I know what he's capable of," I tell him feeling angry at myself for believing Kakashi sensei.
"Yes, but I know Sasuke now and he won't leave, not after, I talk to him," he says as he walks away.
"Oh, Kakashi sensei who would've thought a Jonin could be so naïve?" I say as I hug my middle feeling cold even though the sun is out it's almost as if there's this black rain cloud permanently blocking the sun from me.
I sit inside the shed, my bent knees against my chest and I hug my legs tightly with my arms. I slowly rock back and forth, as I keep my gaze on the wall in front of me.
When Sasuke broke my heart that night it slowly mended itself back together again, over the time we've spent together it slowly got better but, now it's beginning to crack once more.
The truth is that if Sasuke does leave tonight my heart will shatter once and for all. I'll slowly go crazy and I will join Itachi, I'll become his student and learn, learn and get much more power, then I'll be able to crush Sasuke and the Snake.
If he leaves…if I can't stop him then I'll be forced to kill him and not regret doing it. I won't since, Sasuke would have my heart.
I hear the door open and I look up to find Naruto looking at me worried.
I let go of my legs and sit Indian style then force my smile.
"Hinata have you been here this whole time?" he asks me as he sits in front of me and gets a hold of one of my hands. "Shit, Hinata your hand is like frozen! How is that possible because it's hot as hell in here! Are you sick?" he asks me as he rests a hand on my forehead, I close my eyes, as I feel his warmth go through me.
"No, I'm not sick," I say with a genuine smile this time, he gets both my hands and puts them in his.
"What's wrong, Hinata, talk to me," he tells me softly, I look into his beautiful blue eyes and I get this urge to cry and let him talk care of me takeover, I feel my eye's become bigger.
"You've grown," I tell him softly.
"Taller? Really?" he asks me, I shake my head as I get one of my hands out of his loose hold and tap his chest, where his heart is.
"No, Naruto Uzumaki, in here," I whisper. He looks at me pleased that I would notice.
"Hinata tell me, what is bothering you?" he asks as he gets a hold of my hand again.
"What did Sakura want?" I ask him.
"Oh, she finally told me about everything that happened in the Forest of Death. Thanks by the way for trusting me enough to tell me after, I can't believe it took Sakura this long."
"Maybe because you haven't shown her this side of you," I tell him.
"Nah! This side of me is reserved only for you," he teases me. The truth is that Naruto has actually matured much more then he shows normal people, he's changed but, he hasn't shown anyone beside me. He told me once that if people caught on he'd get much more responsibilities and he's not ready for that yet, not until he becomes Hokage that is.
"Naruto you flirt," I tease him he smiles at me, showing his pearly white teeth. I'm glad I have Naruto because only he could make me forget about Sasuke.
"No, but, Hinata please trust me," he says as he squeezes my hands.
"It's just there's this feeling I have that something really bad is going to happen tonight," I say as I look at our joined hands, I'm unable to lie while looking into his eyes.
"You think Sasuke is going to leave for Orochimaru?" he asks me, I nod unable to tell him the truth. "I told Sakura this today and I'll tell you this also, he's strong enough already so he doesn't have to go to him. Sasuke will never betray us like that." I look up into his eyes and I notice he truly believes that. I get sad; Naruto is going to have a rude awakening tomorrow morning.
I get up not saying anything; I turn around to look at him and bow. "Thank you Naruto, I appreciate your friendship, remember Naruto, I believe in you always and forever," I say as I leave.
I walk slowly knowing it's still early for Sasuke to leave the village.
As I walk I think back to how everything started between Sasuke and me. How when we were young Sasuke always promised me happiness, how he always promised never to do anything that would break my heart.
He lied, he lied about everything.
The pain, the fear from losing the Third Hokage is in me, growing, becoming much larger and forceful. It's threatening to take over. I hate feeling the pain, but most of all I hate the fear.
Fear is the worst possible feeling in the world because there are many different kinds of fear: there's the fear of heights, the fear of death, the fear of water, the fear of love, and so on. But the worst is, it's like a leech, because a leech holds onto you until it's had its fill, no amount of salt could make the leech of fear let go of you. Once it's on it never let's go, until it's ready. The fear I feel will never let go, not unless I do something final about Sasuke.
I stand about thirty feet from the gate to enter the Village Hidden in the Leaves, I wait against a tree, my heart beating faster, harder, hoping and praying, he does not come.
On the exterior, I look calm and collected but on the inside it's a whole different story, my hope begins to grow by the second, believing he will not leave our village, that is until I see him.
I begin to die on the inside, painfully slow, I want to cry, to yell, and to call for help but, I mustn't. I must deal with this myself.
I slowly begin to unclench my fists as I stand before him, not hiding in the shadows. I show no emotion, I don't show him the pain I'm really in.
He doesn't look surprised at all, as he stands a few feet before me.
"Sasuke, don't you think it's a little late to be out?" I ask him in a detached voice, looking into his familiar onyx eye's, the one's that I used to love so much, now it hurts me to look into his soulless eyes but, I don't look away. As much as it's tearing me apart, I keep my eye contact.
"I could say the same thing to you Hinata," he says as he folds him arms across his chest. I look at him amazed he could be so calm about this, I feel this strong urge to kick the shit out of him and drag him back into the village, that's what Naruto would do, I smile at the thought. But, Sasuke wouldn't learn from that, so I must take extreme measures. "Why are you smiling?" he asks me.
"I was just imagining the way Naruto would deal with this situation," I tell him, I see his eye's get filled with anger but, it suddenly disappears. "What does he have to do with this?" he asks me in a voice devoid of emotion.
My ever present fear begins to take over. This is too much for me alone to handle. I can't deal with this by myself, I need help! I'm so stupid to think I could do this.
But then I remembered what Sarutobi sensei told me, that because of me, Sasuke will find his way home. So I must believe in that, if nothing else, I must believe in Sarutobi sensei.
"Nothing, I guess," I answer him honestly. "Why?" I ask him keeping my calm.
"What?"
"Why must you leave?" I ask holding in my tears that desperately want to fall.
"I need more power, and I can't get none of the kind of power I need, if I stay in this pathetic excuse for a hidden village, there's nothing for me here, no one. You haven't forgotten that I' am an avenger, have you?" he says it all so easily, so unimportant.
"What about your friends? Your sensei? Your parents? If you leave you won't be allowed to visit their graves, are you okay with that? Who will bring them flowers?" I yell at him leaning my head in towards him, as I shake it some of the tears that were coming out of the corners of my closed eyes flying around and landing on the grass. I then scowled myself for showing him emotions.
"I'm doing this for my parents and clan," he says letting his anger get the better of him.
"Do you really believe they'd want their son to lose his soul and himself in the process? Do you really believe they'd want this for you? Do you think they'd want you to become like your brother?" I yell getting angry at him for not seeing the similarities.
"Don't compare me to him!" he yells repulsed by my comment.
"What about me?" I ask him softly as I look at the ground unable to bring myself to look into his eyes.
"What about you? Do you think I care about you?" he laughs, disgusted at the thought.
I feel my fists clench automatically, my jaw tightens, and my whole body becomes stiff, as I keep my face directed at the ground. I look up into his eyes, he becomes blurry, because of the tears in them, and they begin to fall freely.
"What about my love for you?" I yell repulsed at myself for confessing my true feeling's for him, right now but, I continue. "Is my love not enough for you Sasuke Uchiha? Is it not enough to make you want to stay in the village to be with me? Let me love you Sasuke, let me! Just like you let me all those years ago!" I yell at him feeling angry at myself for begging him, I might as well go on my knees and kiss his feet. I look to the ground my face harden with rage at myself, at Sasuke, how funny I could be filled with rage but, still able to cry. But, then I heard it, and look up reluctantly at the sound of his laughter.
He laughs really loud, I could hear his evilness in the laughter, he shakes his head and holds onto his stomach laughing that evil, sickening laugh of his. It's like what I said to him was some kind of hilarious joke. I stand there in shock, completely motionless, taking it. I don't feel like myself anymore and I doubt I ever will.
"Do you think I want your pathetic love? Do you think I need that piece of shit? I could get your stupid love from a dog," he says. "I always knew you were pathetic, stupid, hopeless, useless, and weak but who would've thought you were delusional? Hinata Hyuga why did I even talk to you that night? I guess, I' am a little stupid too. I don't love you, never have and never will," he finishes as he continues to laugh.
How am I still standing? I ask myself.
How am I still breathing?
I feel it, I feel as my heart shatters, into million pieces.
I wonder if Sasuke could hear it.
I bet he could since, with his own hands he shattered it.
I feel as my dreams, hope's, love, I feel them all die, instantly.
I watch, my eyes filled with nothingness, as the boy I love, steps on my now dead heart and breaks it with his own hands into a million's of pieces, then throws them away, I watch unable to stop him.
I feel as my soul begins to deteriorate.
I want to fall on my knees and die, just give up on him.
I just want to die.
How could he have been so cruel? How could he treat me like this? I hate this, I hate everything!
I watch as he continues to laugh, I feel my hot tears slide down my frozen cheeks.
With what he said, I've lost everything I ever believed in, but especially I begin to lose myself and what little sanity I had left.
I want to ask for the pieces of my heart back, I want to put them together again but, in all honesty my heart has always belonged to him. There is no way to claim it, since it never belonged to me.
"That was really touching," I hear someone behind me say. I keep facing forward as I activate my Byakugan to see four Sound shinobi behind me.
"It really warmed up my heart," I see a guy say as he rests his hand on his chest.
"Who the fuck is this stupid-pathetic bitch, Uchiha?" I see a girl (I would assume) say.
"You know girls shouldn't talk like that," I see a big guy tell her.
"Shut the fuck up, fatso!" she yells at him.
I look at Sasuke as I wipe away my tears, hiding all my emotions, once more.
"It seems we have some eavesdropper's, Traitor. How about you tell your bitches to stand down," I tell him, he snickers. I see all four Sound shinobi get angry.
I go down and quickly shove my hands into the dirt filled ground and four trees appear, keeping a Sound shinobi in a different tree, keeping them prisoners, the only thing visible are their faces. I watch with my Byakugan as they struggle inside their respective tree, I turn around to look at them.
"Those trees your in will start to suck your chakra away, until there's nothing left or until you die." I tell them, I look forward to find Sasuke is still smirking. "Stay in there and watch as I kill the Traitor," I finish.
"How funny, first you confess your love for me, and now you plan to kill me," he says.
"What can I say I'm a funny girl," I tell him as my killing intent becomes evident to him.
"Yeah but, I wonder do you have the heart to do it?" he asks me with a smile.
"Well lucky for me, I don't have one anymore. It's unfortunate for you, of course," I tell him completely serious.
"We've fought before, I doubt you could've gotten any better, though I must admit that jutsu you used was quite new, I've never see you use it before."
"I'm full of surprises and I still have jutsus you haven't even seen. I knew you'd turn into a traitor so I worked on a few special jutsus. After all I doubt, it'll be that difficult to kill you, since Itachi didn't even bother," I taunt him as I watch him stiffen and his eye's reflect his murderous notion's concentrated solely on me. "He always knew you were no threat to him, that's why he let you live," I was barely able to finish as he comes at me yelling, I smile at his stupidity.
He's quick but, I'm just as quick, he appears behind me going down to kick my feet but, I jump up and flip backwards I land hands first on his head my feet reaching up towards the full moon, I land behind him and send chakra to my right foot and kick him hard on his butt, he goes flying face first, he's going to fast to stop, he lands into a tree. He gets up slowly and comes at me again, this time more calm, he then begins to throw punches and kicks, I block best I can as he starts to push me back. A few of the punches connect as do some of the kicks.
I quickly memorize his rhythm, I crouch down evading a punch, and I hit some of his tenketsu on his right leg.
He flips backwards, away from me, breathing just as hard as me, he activates his sharingan.
"I was wondering when you'd activate it," I tell him as I begin to gather chakra into my palms.
"I guess I should take this more seriously," he says as he begins to create some hand sign's and what looks to be a ball of lightning appear in his palm, it hears like a thousand birds are chirping, he runs at me.
I stay waiting until the right moment, then I jump up in the air and land with one foot on his forearm, making his technique hit the ground. Then with the other foot I kick him in his jaw. I once again watch as he flies back but, this time he stops himself by putting his hand on the ground and landing on his knees but I watch as the dirt flies around him.
The dirt stops flying around him as he stays on his knees as he looks at me his eye's burning with anger and I watch as some marking's take over half his body. I look inside him watching some dark, evil, sinister chakra take over his regular chakra. This is evil chakra, it's so powerful that I stand in shock; I feel my tear's slide down my cheeks as I watch Sasuke get up.
I begin to shake with fear, I've lost him, he's gone, out of my reach, he's gone to far to accept this kind of chakra. I stand here unable to move, my body staying in place out of fear.
"Did I not tell you, I got some new power?" he asks me as runs toward me. I want to ask him at what cost, but, I'm unable to speak.
I snap out of it, I snap out of my fear and gather even more chakra to my palms, he stands before me, I go down avoiding his punch, I punch him with my chakra infused palms in his chest and stomach, I use much more chakra then was necessary. I watch as his insides tear apart and begin to bleed out, inside of him.
He falls to his knees before me coughing up blood, I stand up and kick him in the face, he starts to travel back but, I quickly step behind him and kick him up into the air.
I wait until he starts to descend and create a shadow clone, my clone goes under him to hold on to his arms, I stay above him; I punch him and hit his tenketsu, stopping any chakra he has left.
My clone disappears as I kick him into the ground the impact was so strong his body creates a hole in the ground with his motionless body in it. I land feet first onto his body, I step off him and make my way to the Sound shinobi, I want to get information out of them.
I watch as Sasuke gets up and spit's out the blood in his mouth and now his whole body is covered in the weird markings.
I turn around to face him. "You haven't had enough?" I ask sounding bored. My eyes become bigger as I watch the chakra I closed off begin to appear outside of him this time it looks and feels much scarier.
"Your kidding, the best part is coming up," he says as he kicks me in my stomach then appears behind me and kicks me up in the air.
How did he get so fast? I ask myself as I watch helplessly as he punches me, in the air.
How is he able to use his closed off chakra? What kind of disgusting power is this?
I land hard into the ground in a much deeper hole then his. I slowly get up, he appears before me and kicks me hard in my face, I fly backwards into a tree, the impact my body had with the tree was so strong that I broke the tree in half.
The edges of my vision begin to turn black. I begin to cough up blood; I feel a sharp agonizing pain in my stomach. I stay here, leaning against half a tree, wondering if I really have the resolve to kill Sasuke. I slowly open my eyes to watch as Sasuke goes to the Sound shinobi, trying to figure a way to free them.
I don't know where I get the strength from but I get up, slowly and spit out the blood in my mouth.
"You're still alive Hinata?" the Traitor asks me as he turns around to face.
I look at him feeling my strength bubble and rise within me. I wait knowing he'll come at me. The Traitor is not one to disappoint, he comes at me with that ball of electricity in his hand.
At the last second, I duck down and stand on my hands as I kick him with one foot under his chin and with other under his right forearm, throwing his jutsu up.
He goes up in the air and lands a few feet ahead of me, his face looking up towards the night sky.
"Is that the only jutsu you know?" I ask him breathless.
"That's two times' you've evaded it," he tells me as he doesn't look at me.
I get up off the ground feeling pain all over my body, it's crying out to me asking me to stop, I ignore its plea's. He gets up slowly as he faces me, with the markings on his face and his sharingan eye's looking into my Byakugan.
I begin the necessary hand sign's. I watch as his sharingan begins to rotate, copying me.
"You can't copy this jutsu, since you need to sign a blood contract in order to do this one," I inform him as I begin to breathe normally, without any difficulty.
"You're going to summon her now?" he asks me.
I just shake my head as I complete the necessary signs. Then slowly a black flame appears in my right palm and it begins to swirl around my whole hand and gets bigger more blacker with blue flames surrounding the outside of it. I send chakra into it and it becomes denser, hotter, it begins to melt my jacket sleeve and the right side of it, it melts it but it doesn't catch on fire. I ask him in a chilling detached voice.
"Have you ever seen the flames from hell?" he looks at me unable to hide his surprise or fear. "I just thought you should get accustomed to them, since you'll be going there soon," I tell him as I run at him using my full speed.
I stand before him, he stays absolutely still unable to move almost like he's paralyzed with fear, and he stands there his horror evident in his features.
But, as I lift my arm to touch him with the flame, I feel someone grab me from behind, how did I not see that the Sound shinobi escaped my trees?
The one with the six arms gets a hold of me from behind and uses his foot to trip me. I reach up barely touching Sasuke's right arm with the flame. That's all it needs, his yells of pain echo in my ears, just like when my heart shattered.
His yell of pain will always stay with me, when I heard it, it made my blood curdle, my skin crawling with goose bumps, I break out in a cold sweat and my whole body becomes frozen.
I hit the ground face first. I lift my head up to watch as the flames go up his arms and they begin to swirl around his arm and his shirt begins to melt, he continues to yell.
One of the Sound guys go up to him and seals some of the flames into a blank scroll, I laugh as the scroll goes up in black and blue flames.
I see Sasuke's bloody, deformed, burnt arm as the flame continues to rise up towards his shoulder, all he does is look as it begins to burn away his skin, he looks down shaking, he stops yelling as he bites down on his lower lip and it begins to bleed.
I watch him alarmed by his reaction. How could I have used this jutsu? What have I done to him? I put my hand on the flames on the ground before me and it begins to disappear as does the one on his arm.
I feel as someone kicks me on my side, then another, I feel them all gang-up on me, I don't do anything, I can't, I just let them unable to stop them, my body is in too much pain to even fight back.
I feel as one of them turns me over with his foot as that I face them. The fat one rests his foot on my left side under my breast, he steps down, my eyes become bigger as the pain becomes powerful and overpowering as is the sound of my ribs make as they are broken and dig into my lung, and stay there, it hurts so much but, I stay quiet, I will not give him the pleasure of me crying out in pain. I feel my eyes water as I look into his eyes, he smiles down at me, the excitement evident in them.
"I had to do it or the others would've done something much crueler, and I promised Kabuto, I'd leave you alive so he could kill you later," he tells me.
I want to throw up as I see him look down at me. I look away, then I feel something rise up my throat and into my mouth, I open it a little and blood goes down my cheeks, I begin to cough up the blood.
I feel someone grab my chin as that person turns me so that I look at her, I look at her hiding all the pain I'm in, how am I so good at that?
"This bitch thinks she's so great!" she tells them.
"I' am great," I say, she looks at me angry then spits in my face, she then punches me in my left eye, savagely, it automatically closes, I feel something drip out of my shut eye, I reach out to touch what came out and I see it's blood, I look at her angry.
My breaths become shorter, I gasp for air not finding enough in just one lung my other has blood coming out of it along with my broken rib bones. I try to calm down and take deep breathes, trying not to worry. I feel someone grab my right arm and they begin to pull me up by it. I notice it's the Traitor and I quickly stand on my own two feet, asking my body to forgive me for putting it in so much pain.
I reach out to get a hold of the front of his shirt and keep my hold on it; I rest my hands on his shoulder's then jump over his head and land in back of him. I get a hold of his shoulders once more and throw him behind me, the guy with the six arms catches him before he could hit anything and harm himself even more.
I fall to my knees, I cough up much more blood I rest my hands on the ground and bend my head looking at the ground under me, I feel weak and I feel like I'm actually dying, if I don't go get help soon, I'll die.
I feel him behind me, he gets a hold of my right arm again, but, this time I don't have the strength to stand on my own, I'm barely touching the ground with my bent knees. I look in back of me to look into his sharingan eyes as he begins to twist my arm behind me. Then I hear something, then I feel as my shoulder disconnects with my arm, I bite down on my lips as I feel the blood mixed with vomit in the base of my throat.
He keeps me up by my disconnected arm then he let's me fall to my knees, I slowly descend face first into the dirt, he kicks me over so I'm facing up. I watch as his eyes get filled with excitement, my own eyes become wide with fear as he rests his foot on the forearm of the arm he disconnected from the shoulder, I see as he smiles at the sound of my bones breaking under his feet.
I watch his expression get filled with pleasure because of my pain, I yell out in fear, I use my good hand to get a hold of some dirt so I could crawl away, I dig my fingernails in the dirt, I want to get away from him. I look back at him as he smiles a huge satisfied smile on his lips he looks happy to hear me yell. I look at the ground and close my eye against the tears from both of them, I continue to yell louder, I don't care if he enjoys it, I'm scared out of my mind by him they way he's looking at me reminds me of a snake cornering a helpless mouse.
I have this feeling of fear towards the boy I love, I continue to scream and yell trying to get my arm out from under him, I want to get away!
He looks down at me as he removes his foot of my now broken arm and disconnected shoulder. "If you come after me, I will kill you and enjoy doing it," he says as he looks at me not bothering to hide his disgust. I go to my side facing him, and then he kicks me in my stomach. I look up at him not being able to see him clearly since everything is turning black quickly. But, I know he could see my hate for him as I look at him through my one good eye and my voice hears hoarse from all my yelling and screaming.
"Uchiha, I will hunt you down and do what Itachi failed to do, I'll kill you with my own hands, and I'll burn you with the flames of Hell until there's nothing left of you except dust. Mark my words Traitor, I will kill you." I say to him unable to disguise my hate for him in my voice after I finished, everything faded out into a bright white light.
I wake up by the sound of someone banging on my door; I get up off my bed, scratching my stomach as I open my door to see Shikamaru on the other side.
"Get dressed we have a mission," he tells me.
"What is it?" I ask him
"Sasuke left the village last night and we must go retrieve him," he says as he gives me his back and walks away.
"What?" I yell not believing what he just told me.
"I suggest you dress so we could get the rest of our team," he says as he walks away, I change quickly not bothering to brush my teeth or hair, I run after Shikamaru.
So Hinata was right, I wonder how she is doing, does she know about this?
Now that I think about it she was acting weird last night, how she told me that she'll always believe in me.
"Shit! How did I not notice that yesterday?" I yell at myself, I catch up to Shikamaru. "How's Hinata?" I yell at him, he looks back at me and he looks sad but, then he looks away from me; I grab him by his vest and ask him once more.
"How is Hinata?" I yell feeling angry.
"She's…" he begins but he doesn't continue he looks at the ground; he looks like he's in pain.
"Is she dead?" I whisper letting go of his vest, feeling my mouth completely dry.
"Hinata is…" he doesn't finish.
"She's what?" I ask not wanting him to answer.
"She is…"
I stand at the gate waiting for them to appear.
I would've died yesterday if not for the Fifth Hokage, she and two Jonin found me, I don't know how much later. I've only been awake for one hour and I'm groggy and not so good on my feet, I feel so weak that I'm afraid that at any minute I might faint. When I woke up an hour ago I told the Hokage what happened and she told me not to worry that she's sending out a team to retrieve Sasuke, she told me that she's sending Shikamaru on his first mission as a chunin and that Naruto will be going along. I sat up and said that I must speak to him before he left. She refused at first but then noticed how agitated I was so she let me but, she had to come along to make sure nothing happens to me but, I know she's lying, she just doesn't want to go back to her office and complete all the paperwork on her desk.
So that's how I find myself before the gates of the village with the Fifth Hokage next to me, watching me.
She said that I lost a lot of blood that's why I'm so weak, I didn't respond.
I stand here with my broken arm in a cast, my shoulder still has some pain in it but other then that it's been put back into place, I have a gauze covering my left eye with bandages around my forehead, and some more bandages on my ribs with some kind of medicine that smells really bad.
I stand waiting for Naruto so I could tell him what he has to do.
Sakura comes over to me and starts talking to me telling me that she tried to stop Sasuke yesterday but, he just put her to sleep, I don't say anything as I look forward. She stopped talking to me and went to lean against the gate.
"Hinata are you sure you should be out here? I think you should go back to the hospital," Kiba says to me, I turn my head to the left so I could see him with my good eye, I smile briefly at him.
"I'm fine, Kiba, don't worry, in no time I'll get better. I just really need to talk to Naruto and the rest of you guys."
"Why don't you tell us now, Lady Hinata?" Neji asks me from behind.
"All of you must hear it," I tell him without looking back at him. Then I see Naruto along with Chouji and Shikamaru. Naruto looks at me then he comes running until he stands before me, I could see he wants to hug me but the Hokage stops him.
"Don't, her left lung is still damaged and she has three broken ribs on that side too, so don't touch her, you'll only cause her pain," she warns him. I see as he clenches his fists to his sides and his jaw tightens.
"Sasuke did this to you?" he yells angry.
"Not only him, there's four," I look over at Shikamaru and he nods.
"Hinata are you crazy? Why did you go alone! You should've told me, I would've helped you!" he yells.
"I know but…I had to do it alone," I tell him as I look to the ground avoiding his eyes that are showing his hurt.
"Couldn't you trust me?" he asks me softly. I look up at him my eye growing bigger and my mouth wide open.
"Naruto it's not that!" I yell getting closer to him but he looks away at the ground.
"I'm sorry to cut this conversation short but, we have to go over our plan of attack and what not," Shikamaru says and Naruto goes around me to go with Shikamaru, he doesn't look at me as he goes, I feel my good arm go up to stop him but, I reluctantly lower it.
I wait until Shikamaru finishes explaining his plan of attack, then I wait after Sakura cries and ask Naruto to bring Sasuke back then Naruto promises to do just that, I wait with the Hokage on one side and on the other side of me is Rock Lee.
"What was it that you wanted to tell us Lady Hinata, seeing as how we are all here, tell us," Neji says as they all look at me waiting. I look at every one of them in their eyes then say.
"Don't bring the Traitor back, kill him instead," I tell them, I hear them all suck in a breath, I watch as some of them get angry, I feel the Hokage become tense, I hear Sakura beginning to cry again, and Naruto looks at me in the eyes.
"Why?"
"There's no hope left for him," I tell him, I could see him getting exasperated with me but trying to hide it.
"Don't be stupid, Hinata there is always hope," he says, I look him dead in the eyes and stare at him hiding all my emotions.
"There's no hope left for the Traitor," I tell him in a detached voice, his eyes open much bigger then usual.
"What happened to you Hinata?" he asks me sounding worried.
"Nothing, if anything what happened yesterday changed me for the better, now I know what he's truly capable of," I say.
"He never meant to hurt you I'm sure," he says as he nears me.
"You weren't there to see how he enjoyed causing me pain! He broke my heart! I have nothing left except you Naruto, you must do this! I failed to do it, so now you have to do it! Please!!! I know this in a lot to take in but you have to kill him!!" I yell letting the stupid non-stopping tears fall on my cheek, I wipe them away angry that they'd fall in front of everyone making me seem even weaker.
"You don't really mean that, Hinata, you're just angry!" he says as he nears me, I step back.
"Don't touch me!" I yell loud, causing my throat to hurt. "Leave me alone and listen to me! I' am angry but that is not reason enough for me to ask you to kill him, he's beyond our reach, he's gone too far, there's nothing left of the old Traitor we used to know. All he cares about is getting the necessary power to kill Itachi! That's all he cares about he doesn't care who he kills in the process!! You have to kill him, if you don't have balls big enough to do it then leave it to someone else!!!" I yell then I feel someone slap me, I look up to see the Hokage in front of me. I stop crying to look up at her.
"Don't you ever give up on your friends, Naruto will bring Sasuke back and everything will be fine," she says I step away from them getting angry at how naïve they are all being about this.
"The Traitor is not my friend, and if you do succeed in bringing him back all he'll do is turn on us again then you'll know you should've listened to me. You will all be sorry!" I yell, and then I feel someone embrace me, not to tight but just enough to let me know he's there for me.
"Hinata, don't be like that, believe in him," Naruto whispers in my ear, I feel my defenses go down as I begin to sob on his shoulder.
"I can't…I can't do that…he broke me Naruto…he broke me…" I say between sobs and hiccups.
"Then believe in me, believe in me Hinata," he tells me softly, I rest my head on his shoulder breathing in his sweat and the smell of him.
"I believe in you Naruto only you," I whisper in his ear before I faint.
"Hinata, Hinata?" I find myself yelling as she falls in my hold but I quickly catch her to see a peaceful look on her face.
"Don't worry Naruto, all her emotions probably made her faint she's just fine but, I'll take her to the hospital so she could rest," old lady Hokage says to me as I hand Hinata over to her.
"Don't worry Hinata, I'll bring him back and make him beg for your forgiveness," I whisper at her as the Fifth takes her away. "Come on let's go we don't' have all day," I yell at my teammates. I have to; I have to make sure she does not regret believing in me.
You guys didn't really believe I'd kill Hinata off, now did you??? The jutsus Hinata used I kind of made up, well the flame thing I got from Itachi, so yeah I hope you liked it!
The next chapter will be the last of Just a Thought, the title will be Annihilation and Attainment, so until then…