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"The Crane's Song"
CHAPTER 6
Previously…
Kiba was in the process of lifting the net when suddenly, "What
the hell's the matter with you?", snarled Neji, "Don't you see that it was Hinata-sama that you captured?" "What?!" yelled the three in unison.
As soon as the words left Neji's mouth, rays of sun streamed over
the team, a sure signal that it is dawn already.
Hinata's body began to glow; slowly black wings emerged from her
back and covered her whole body. As the glow faded away, the
beautiful black crane that they encountered before is now standing right in
front of them.
While Kiba, Tenten and Lee stared in rapt fascination, the black crane
started struggling inside the net. "Hinata-sama! Hinata-sama!" shouted Neji.
"Calm down." He added in a much softer tone. "I will help you."
Cautiously, Neji approached the crane, lowering his voice as he
said, "Hinata-sama, it is Neji-kun. Remember? I will take off the net, okay?
Don't struggle or the tags will explode." The black crane nodded its head
and Neji slowly removed the net. "Don't fly away Hinata-sama; we will
help you go back to Konoha. Maybe Tsunade-sama can help you undo the
spell."
Neji looked back at his teammates. "Our mission here is finished.
Le and Kiba, bury the bird in this forest. Tenten, you go and tell the village
elder that the threat is no more. We will leave after two hours with Hinata-
sama. We will meet at the outskirts of the village where no one can see
Hinata-sama in that form." Lee, Ten-ten and Kiba nodded their agreement
and left to do his bidding.
Two hours later…
Lee, Kiba and Tenten met with Neji in the outskirts of the village. All
of them were able to do their tasks quickly and without any trouble at all.
"Where's Hinata?" asks Kiba. "She is waiting for my signal so she can go
out and meet up with us later. Let's go." said Neji.
A few minutes before sunset...
After traveling non-stop, the team stopped in a lake nearly halfway to
Konoha. Tenten made the fire while Kiba is assigned to bring back food.
"Why me?" he whined. "Because you have a good nose and you have
Akamaru. So that you in charge of getting the food." Lee replied. "Fine."
Kiba snapped.
As Kiba spread out in search of food, Lee approached Neji. "Neji-kun,
do you think she will come? You let her free when we could bring her back
in the net, you know." "Don't you think I know that?! I know it sounds crazy
but I already sent out my signal. I just hope that she can see it and come to
us." said Neji.
And as if it is a reply to Neji, they saw a black shadow over them and
realized that it was big black bird began to swoop down on them. The crane
stopped in front of the duo and a light began to shine from its body. The
crane folded its wings over its body and then all they saw was Hinata
dropping on to her knees, naked.
"Hinata-sama!" Breaking into a run, Neji was able to take off his
jacket and covered Hinata's body. He cradled her into his arms and patted
her face gently. "Hina-chan, wake up, wake up." Lee was stunned. In all of
his days as a teammate to Neji, he rarely saw this side of him, unglued
and unguarded. Hinata-chan, you're really something else.
To be continued…