Hello again! Thanks for all your support! Your reviews either short or long will keep me going!! Here's the next chapter! I'm adding a TWIST! Read to find out! Before you kill me with not getting on with the story, I would like to say I don't own Naruto and I love you guys for R&R-ing!!
Hinata sighed and looked up. They had already begun to extract the Bijuu from Gaara. She had tried to block out all the sounds of suffering from him but she couldn't so she decided to take a night stroll. All of a sudden,
" Haku, I know you're there. " she said.
" Looks like you found me. " he answered sheepishly, emerging from his hiding place.
" I don't blame Deidara-sama and Sasori-sama but I wish they didn't have to do it... " Hinata sighed.
Hinata still had her soft, innocent side. She only showed it to Haku...for now.
" Don't worry. If the nightmares get too scary for you after the Resurrection Jutsu, just remember I'll be there beside you. " Haku reassured her softly.
" You know...you remind me a lot of my elder cousin. His name's Neji and he lead a very harsh life. Yet, even though he hated the Main Branch, in which I was from, he always took care of me. I was very grateful for that. " Hinata murmured.
Haku sat beside her on the tree branch.
" Haku? "
" Yeah? " he turned to face Hinata.
" Even if you're weaker than me- "
" Hey! " Haku replied indignantly.
" Even if you're weaker than me-It's true don't deny it, " Hinata poked him in the ribs, " Could-could you be my- " she swallowed nervously, " -my Nii-san? "
(Nii-san means elder brother in Japanese! Pls correct me if I'm wrong! Thanks.)
Haku gave a small laugh, he loved Hinata and cared for her but it was more towards brotherly affection, not true love. That was something they both had to find on their own. Suddenly, Hinata tensed.
" Haku, I sense a strong chakra and fierce killing intent. A chakra signature almost like- " Hinata gasped, " -Itachi-sama's! " Hinata cried and took off into her super-fast sprint.
" Hinata! Wait! " Haku called after her.
Damn...he cursed in his mind. He could never match up to her speed. He quickly followed her.
Hinata flew ahead, Byakugan automatically activated. She flinched as she saw blood on the ground and the flash of a katana. She halted right in front of the scene. Her lavender eyes filled with horror and disgust. Who would do such an inhuman thing? she thought as she saw the bodies severely cut apart. Then, she heard a sound and quickly moved to her right evading a katana by a hair's breath.
" Interesting. No one else has evaded me and my blade, Kusanagi in that speed before. " she heard a low, sinister voice speaking.
" Itachi-sama? " Hinata questioned.
He quickly tried to stab Hinata but she block it with her kunai. As they stood, faces inches apart, Hinata could see immense hate in those red Sharingan eyes...He was Uchiha Sasuke.
" Do not associate me with that hateful killer! " he roared.
He increased his speed to the max and started attacking. Hinata was evenly matched for her speed was as fast as his. If anyone saw them fighting, it would just be glimpses of their bodies. Sasuke aimed for Hinata's heart, then he drove his katana in. He saw a water clone of her disappear. Hinata was right above him and quickly made some hand signs.
" Suiton : Water Explosion Jutsu. " she whispered.
A blast of water came right at him.
" Katon : Grand Fireball Jutsu! " he countered.
The fireball and the water collided, leaving only steam to see. Hinata sighed and made a chakra string. Sasuke dodged a blade that was aimed for his neck. He saw, it wasn't Hinata, but instead it was a puppet with four hands and three legs. He tried to swipe it in half with Kusanagi. Then, the head of the puppet opened and thousands of poisoned senbon needles flew at him. He got out of the way. Sasuke glanced at Hinata and saw something incredible-she was only using a finger to control the puppet. However, he didn't have time to look that long for Hinata was rising from the ground, finished with her puppet and slid into her Gentle Fist stance in the air.
" Why? Isn't he your brother? " Hinata whispered.
" Shut up! " Sasuke replied angrily and dove in with his katana.
" Eight Trigrams Palms Rotation. " Hinata announced.
A shield of chakra formed around Hinata as she spun lightly on her feet. Sasuke avoided it by inches and nearly got thrown off because of her power.
" Hmph. Chidori Nagashi! (One Thousand Birds Current) "
Electricity suddenly enveloped Sasuke. Both attacks neared each other dangerously. As they collided, a huge explosion happened. Through the smoke, Sasuke held Kusanagi at Hinata's throat.
" You die today, Hyuuga. " Sasuke spoke nonchalantly.
" I don't think so, Uchiha. " Hinata replied, twitching her finger.
Sasuke then felt a cold blade pressing into his neck, he saw the puppet from the corner of his eye and cursed.
" It's a tie then unless you want both our heads to be chopped off. " Hinata said light-heartedly.
" Fine, Hyuuga. " he spat out.
" You'd make a good training partner. " Hinata praised.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
" We shall meet again here, in the next full moon. Next time, I will defeat you. "
" I'm giving it my all then, Uchiha. " Hinata laughed.
" Hn. " was all he said before leaving.
Hinata sighed happily. Finally...someone to train with. I still have to give chances to Haku when we fight. Uchiha Sasuke huh? Those red eyes...held immense hate and a slight sadness in them...I'll ask him when he's ready to answer me. Hinata pondered.
" Hinata! "
" Haku-nii-san! "
" What happened? Are you alright? Did anybody hurt you?! " Haku panted, gasping for breath.
" I'm fine, Haku-nii-san. I just met Itachi-sama's little brother. That's all. "
" Oh? I heard he's quite strong. "
" We were evenly matched, both in speed and tactics. " Hinata answered.
" Let's go. Ninja from Konoha are expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon. " Haku said.
" I'm excited Haku-nii-san! I can't wait to spar with Naruto! He must have gotten stronger by now! " Hinata cried.
" Forever testing yourself huh? You're strong Hinata. Just remember that. " Haku left.
" Thanks. " Hinata called after him.
Hinata and Haku were practicing in the afternoon. Both of them were getting ready for battle. They knew that a team had already found the 3rd entrance seal to this hideout. As they fought, Deidara and Sasori watched and corrected them.
" Your guard is dropping, Hinata-san. " Sasori pointed out.
" Hai, Sasori-sama. "
" Haku! There was no strength in that punch! " Deidara said.
" Yes, sir! " Haku teased.
A vein appeared on Deidara's forehead.
" I told you not- " he then threw a piece of clay at Haku who dodged it with ease, " to call me that! "
Hinata laughed. Then, all of them heard a shout as the rock in front of the hideout broke apart. Hinata and Haku quickly hid themselves.
" WHERE"S GAARA?? " Hinata heard a familiar voice shout.
" I'm sorry, he's gone. " Sasori said, in a 'I don't care' voice.
" I'LL MAKE YOU PAY! " Naruto growled dangerously.
Hinata winced. She knew they were sitting on Gaara's body right know but she couldn't do anything. She screamed and shouted at Deidara for doing it before they came but it made no use-he refused to budge so she couldn't even revive Gaara. She wasn't the only one furious.
" Well...I'm off now. " Deidara flew off on his gigantic clay bird.
" COME BACK HERE WITH GAARA!! BASTARD!! " Naruto roared.
" Naruto! " Hinata heard Kakashi follow him.
" So our battle begins here then, Sakura, Grandma Chiyo. " Sasori spoke, bored.
" Let's go, Hinata. We'd better follow Naruto, ne? " Haku whispered and took off.
Hinata left without a word. When they got to where Deidara, Kakashi and Naruto were fighting, Naruto had a red cloak of chakra surrounding his body.
" What happened?! " Hinata whispered worriedly.
" It's the Demon Fox's Cloak. " she heard Kakashi murmur.
There must be a seal for it! There must be! Hinata thought as her Byakugan activated by itself. then, she saw it. Kakashi was holding it. In his hands. She took a deep breath and starting pumping chakra to her legs.
" What are you doing? " Haku hissed.
Hinata vanished from his sight and for a moment, he saw Hinata take the seal from Kakashi's hands and slammed it on Naruto's forehead before disappearing again. The red chakra started to disappear as Hinata landed beside Haku.
What the...did I just see Hinata? No way...how could she? At a speed like that? Incredible...yet quite hard to believe. Kakashi thought.
" He saw me. "
" He what? " Haku hissed angrily.
" I don't think he believes himself. He's arguing the possibility. Let us leave, Haku-nii-san. " Hinata left with a small 'poof'.
Haku sighed before leaving himself. To the Akatsuki's new hideout.
I know! I know! I'm sorry I didn't right anything about Hinata fighting anyone except Sasuke! I decided not too anyways, considering most off you already watched and read what happened so it wouldn't make much of a difference. Please review! Thanks for reading!