Hello people! Whew! My exam is FINALLY over! Now, I can get back to my dear fanfiction… If you want to know the extent of Hinata and Haku's powers, then you can read the description below after you finish reading this chapter! The Akatsuki's powers have not changed. Naruto and Sakura, plus all the other characters remain the same. Oh, and Hinata's inner sight will be explained vaguely or too many spoilers will be revealed! By the way, I'm sorry about the last chapter, I forgot to explain what a Siren is. I'll do it in the Hinata description section.
You know I don't own Naruto, right? Cause if I did, Hinata would have been in Naruto's group! Don't get me wrong, I don't mind Sakura… She's good in her way. I don't want to get into a Sakura/Hinata hater department. Be nice, OK?
" Fool. " Itachi closed his eyes.
Hinata stood her ground, not daring to look anywhere else but her feet. Itachi flipped her over roughly. While she was still in the air, he threw a punch at her abdomen, sending her flying back. She spat blood out and turned around only to find Itachi already behind her. He punched her face, kicked her back, kneed her abdomen once more, palmed her ribs, cracking three of them, and hit her stomach with his palm. Itachi's taijutsu was fast and strong, too much for Hinata to handle yet. More blood flowed out her mouth as she was flung straight to the wall of the force field. The entire thing shuddered and broke apart, letting the four jounin outside see Orochi in all it's glory. Kakashi, Gai, Kurenai, and Asuma stared at it in horror. They couldn't help but be surprised as the force field shielded everything inside it from the outside eyes.
" Kill him, human. He's of no use to me anymore. Next time we meet Hinata-hime, you will submit to me without restraint. Then, we shall rule this world." One of Orochi's heads turned to Hinata.
" NO! " Hinata struggled to stand, tears streaming down her face.
Time slowed for the her as she saw Kisame lift up Samehada and with a great swing he severed Hyuuga Hiashi's head off. The bloodied body fell to the ground from the chair and the head rolled several feet away, leaving a trail of slime and blood, painting death on the floor. Itachi had somehow snatched the charm away with his hidden speed and grace then disappeared in a puff of smoke along with Kisame.
" OTOU-SAMA! " Hinata's anguished scream echoed throughout Konoha...
" I see. " Tsunade sighed. " It was a pity to lose Hyuuga Hiashi, even though I disliked the man for treating Hinata that way, he had no right to die like that... It was too cruel. "
Kurenai looked out the window. Asuma, Kakashi, and Gai were still at the battle area searching for something, anything to help their situation right now. Hinata had collapsed after seeing her father beheaded, pain in both mind and body engulfed her until she was in a world of darkness. Kurenai had rushed her to the Hokage's office while her other comrades stayed. Neji and Haku were getting treatment from the other medic-nins, waiting anxiously for Hinata, who was currently still in the Hokage's office.
" I agree. Whatever the Akatsuki is planning, it must be something big. Thing is, their plans are so hard to decipher. Hinata will have to help this time by giving us some information on them. " Kurenai watched as Tsunade continued to heal Hinata, green chakra flowing here and there.
Shizune had flown out of the room to get a bed as Hinata couldn't be moved because her condition was too serious. Tsunade hovered over her and shook her head.
" She will be fine. However, there's one thing even the greatest medic ninjas cannot heal. " Tsunade called off her chakra and turned to Kurenai. " Her mind is suffering... Losing her father in such a way has hurt her deeply. It has probably crippled her mind. It definitely will be a scar on her soul and there's nothing we can do about it. We'll just have to pray that she'll be strong enough to pull through without falling into depression. I'm sorry, Kurenai. " Tsunade held Kurenai's shoulder and walked out of the office. " I have some other people to attend to. Let no one visit her for the first 24 hours. You should leave soon, as well. Let her think. Give her the time to be alone. Then, you can see her... but for now, it's not the right time. " Tsunade shut the door.
Kurenai looked at her student fondly. Hinata was covered in bandages with her long hair spread out like a fan on the white pillow. The Ice Queen of Konoha tried to fight back her tears as she replayed what had happened at the Hyuuga Manor... She took a last look at Hinata as she was being wheeled to the ICU unit by Shizune before exiting the office.
Hinata opened her eyes to the bright morning sunlight. Tears oozed of her eyes in a tired way as her mind replayed the scene of her father's death over and over again. Hinata looked around the room in dismay, not knowing what to do anymore. Most of her fighting spirit had ebbed. Her mother was hardly around when she was young but during training, so she saw a lot of her father. Hinata had grown to love her father no matter how much she was abused by him. She hugged her knees and stared absent-mindlessly out the window. A bird fluttered by, beating it's wings gently. How lucky it is... To be like that bird, free of all worry and sadness. Hinata thought miserably.
" Who goes there? " Hinata asked gently, voice laced with pain.
" Impressive, Hinata-san. To think that you could sense my presence among you. I'm an ANBU agent. " A body materialized in front of her bed.
Hinata studied the ANBU carefully. Judging from the voice and the body build, it was a man. He was wearing a cat mask. The ANBU proceeded to take something out from his pocket. Hinata tensed, ready to fight.
" I'm not here to do anything to you, Hinata-san. " The ANBU revealed an envolope. " I presume your father passed away yesterday and they will be having the funeral once you recover. "
" Why do you want to know?! You don't need to know, OK?!! Just leave me alone! " Hinata snapped. Her eyes widened, it wasn't like her to snap at people like that. In a tight, gentler voice as an apology, she continued, " It's none of your buisness, is it, ANBU agent? "
" Your father had entrusted me with something very important, Hinata-san. I, of course, have not read the contents of this letter but I can assure with my life that it was written in Hyuuga Hiashi's own hand. He wanted you to have it once he passed away. " The ANBU held the letter out.
" How do you know that you're not lying? " Hinata took the envelope and eyed it carefully.
" If you really must know, he gave it to me when he was... not himself. " The ANBU sighed. " Besides, the Hyuuga clan seal is imprinted on the envelope. Nobody else has the Hyuuga seal except for the clan leader himself, ne? "
Sure enough, the caged bird seal was on the paper, marking it property of the Hyuuga family.
Hinata looked at him, shocked out of her wits, " You mean to say... that you knew that he was being controlled by... by Orochi? " her voice was so soft that the ANBU had to strain to hear it.
" Yes. I am a spy for the Hyuuga Head. Starting now, I will work for you in secret as you will inherit the clan. No one except the Hyuuga Head would know that there will be a personal spy. Except the Hokage, of course. Then again, the Hokage herself knows almost everything, including the missions, Hiashi-sama has given me from time to time. She would be silent lest it was unreasonable. This one though, was Hiashi-sama's personal mission. " he said with a wry smile. " It is tradition that the Hyuuga Head has just one ANBU agent working under him or her. I shall leave you to read that letter, Hinata... sama. " he bowed and flew out the window once more.
Hinata carefully tore open the envelope with her shaking hands, wondering what her deceased father written on this precious piece of parchment...
My dear daughter,
First off, I'd like to apologize deeply to you for treating you so harshly. Normally, the 'gift' or what the Hyuuga call the Golden Eyes chooses the person by random. As you should know by now, the Golden Eyes can only 'awaken' when a person is treated harsh enough to be wise and understand how to use the power itself. Some Hyuuga look at it as a blessing... but for others, it is a curse. Your mother had the Golden Eyes herself. I don't know how she got it but she did, to my utmost surprise. However, she foresaw that you would have the Golden Eyes at the brink of her death. She also muttered something about a 'black over towering shadow' that would be in your future and would kill you whenever it had the chance. That shadow represented all evil and your mother begged me to activate your gift as fast as I could. You were at a tender age of two at that time, waiting in your room and I couldn't bear to treat you coldly at all for I loved you too much, my dear Hinata... I do not think you would remember anything of this incident. You must be wondering, if your mother had died when you were two, who was the woman taking care of you all this while and claiming that she was your mother? She was your aunt, your mother's direct sister. I had no choice to treat you harshly, for that is the sad truth of the power. You must feel great pain or sadness in order to be wise enough to gain the power and use it properly. I love you. I loved you so much but I couldn't bear you to die later so I did what I hated to do. I wanted to say it to you infinite times but I couldn't. No, one word would be enough to set back all the hard work your mother had done to convince me to treat you as if your were trash. But you're never trash, you will always be my lovely daughter, who is never weak. That day, when you got kidnapped, I was heartbroken along with the rest of the family. Though I did not show it, I hoped that somehow you were alive and continued my efforts to awaken the Golden Eyes in you. Then... I found Orochi's charm. The charm that our ancestors had sealed away with the last of their powers. Our ancestors had the Golden Eyes as well, my daughter. Since I did not have the particular gift, I was immediately possessed by Orochi's soul. He tortured me and he still is. Orochi is possessing me now, but I managed to ward him off with the last of my strength to write this letter, for I am dying.
Hinata looked up and found her face once again drenched in her salty tears. She made no move to wipe them but continued reading her fathers elegant writing.
While being possessed by Orochi I had also treated your aunt cruelly, but that was Orochi's bidding. To both the demon's and my surprise, your aunt had the Golden Eyes as well. Alas, she did not know how to use it and she didn't even hear of it at all. Seeing Orochi's spirit inside me brought her so much terror, she flew out of the house shrieking. Orochi ended her life without a second thought. I am glad that I had the chance to write this letter. Who knows? I may die before you come back to Konoha. How I wished I could see you grow up into a beautiful woman, just like your mother. Your mother and your aunt were both very devoted to you, even though they came from the Branch family. Yes, quite a shock is it? I couldn't help the Branch family at all, even though I was clan head. If I did, the elders of the Hyuuga clan threatened to take your mother from me. Life is cruel, it is true. However, my daughter, everyone of us has the strength to pull through no matter how hard life can be! Do not be frail. Do not mourn over me, child, for I am just an old man. You have a bright future ahead of you, defeat Orochi! I'm sure you can do it! That... doesn't really sound like me, but to give my children the encouragement needed, I will do such embarrassing things. Hanabi is safe with the Hokage. I think Tsunade never really liked me anyhow. But that does not matter, trust Shadow, our ANBU companion who gave this letter to you. Inherit the Hyuuga clan and change our old traditions to free the Branch family. That is all.
There are many more things which I want to pen down but I am weary and Orochi is not giving me a moments rest. I'm sorry for all the pain and sadness I have caused you, Hinata. I am not even worthy to be called your father though I wish I could. You will always be my daughter. My kind, strong and beautiful daughter. Thank you, Hinata. Thank you for not bearing a grudge against me all these years. If you forgive me now, I thank you. Most of all, thank you for being my daughter.
I will always be proud of you.
Your... father,
Hyuuga Hiashi.
The signature was signed with her fathers blood. She was so happy yet crushed at the same time. Not knowing that her father actually loved her all these years. Not spending more time with him. Not telling him that she, too, loved him even when she didn't know any of this. More tears spilled out of her eyes. She clenched her right fist, laying the letter on her lap, she tried to summon her chakra to heal herself. Nothing happened. She tried again. Nothing.
Frowning in confusion she called, " Shadow. "
The ANBU appeared in front of her again, " What is it, Hinata-sama? "
" Why doesn't my chakra work? " Hinata asked, rather anxious.
" Because Tsunade-sama has ordered Neji-san to cut off your chakra, knowing that once you woke up, you would try to heal yourself. " Shadow answered.
" Your real name is not to be revealed, yes? " Hinata turned to him, wiping her tear-laden face.
" Yes, you may call me Shadow. "
" Neko (Cat). " Hinata smiled.
" Hinata-sama, of all means, please do not call me that. I really detest that name, and this mask. " the ANBU spoke through gritted teeth.
Hinata nodded, " I presume that Neji-nii and Hanabi-chan does not know of any of this? "
Shadow shook his head, " Hiashi-sama would prefer that both Neji-san and Hanabi-san knew but it is your wish to tell them, he had said. "
" I see. " Hinata looked at her hands. " Shadow, I want you to take this letter and put it in the secret Hyuuga storage room. You should know where it is. After that, bring both Hanabi-chan and Neji-nii there and have them read that letter. " She ordered in a soft voice.
" Understood. Anything else, Hinata-sama? "
" Get both of them to find the remaining survivors of the Hyuuga clan and gather them. Let Neji-nii be the clan head instead of me for the meanwhile. I need to kill or at least seal the demon that caused carnage among my clan. Let Hanabi-chan and Neji-nii believe you without revealing your true identity. I trust you to do that? "
" Hai (Yes.) "
" You may leave. "
" So like your father, Hinata-sama. " the ANBU chuckled and poofed away, leaving nothing to see.
" Arigatou, Shadow. You have my trust and my thanks. " Hinata smiled to herself then groaned. " How long am I going to be here this time? "
Hinata's Profile
Age : 16
Chakra Type : Water
Elemental Jutsu : Extremely skilled in handling water, she knows one wind jutsu that she learned by herself and can only control lightning in one jutsu. Most of her water techniques were created by herself but the basic ones and the Water Explosion Jutsu was taught by Kisame. The Deadly Waters Jutsu was created by herself when she wanted to devise a strategy to fight numerous opponents at the same time. Haku had suggested her to combine both lightning and water. It took her nine months to complete this technique. This jutsu requires the most effort and concentration as it requires her to manipulate both a vast amount of water and the element that she is least familiar with; lightning. Though this does not tire her too much because of her enormous chakra reserves (also taught and increased during harsh training from Kisame).
Other Abilities : Hinata has also mastered the skill of puppetry, thanks to Sasori. She can control up to two puppets on two fingers, thought she prefers not to. Anymore, she loses control of all of them completely. She dislikes using real human bodies for puppets like Sasori, so she built her own one made out of wood. After a few tries, she managed to make Viper, a puppet that has four hands and three legs covered in spikes. It can shoot thousands of dangerous, poison-tipped senbon needles from both arms, can wield it's own katana and unleash a column of flame from it's belly. Figuring that one puppet would be the best, she didn't make another. Other surprises are not going to be revealed. Deidara has also taught her how to use explosive clay. She cannot mold them as fast as Deidara so she usually uses them for far-range attacks and escaping. Konan helped her with origami, which has now become Hinata's hobby and passion. She's still making many more things to help her in battle. However, the paper does not work when it is wet. She also learned how to use the Chakra Scalpel from a scroll but she can't compare to Kabuto in that skill. Her capability in healing others is almost as good as Kabuto and Tsunade. The forbidden Life-Resurrection jutsu is a technique she mastered in two years and no other souls besides Haku knows about it. Itachi taught her taijutsu and several genjutsu techniques, Kakuzu taught her accounts, Hidan taught her swear words (she didn't want to learn Jashinism), Tobi taught her how to laugh again, and Zetsu taught her the value of silence.
Kekkei Genkai : Her Hyuuga fighting style is average but she can still perform her Jyuuken quite well. Her Byakugan is like any other Hyuuga. Her Golden Eyes can see demons within one's body, protect her from the charm's influence and do many more amazing things which will not be revealed until later on.
Weakness : I'll tell you guys only one that should be quite obvious so far. The rest are a secret. Her Taijutsu is rather... crappy. Sure, Hinata can hit you with chakra infused strikes, but she is more fast, not strong. She excels elemental jutsu and puppetry but will not last more than ten minutes in a close combat fight. That is why, she always tries to get at least ten feet away from her opponent before she fights. She knows the basics well enough though. Itachi always punishes her with Tsukiyomi after a round of taijutsu.
Haku's Profile
Age : 17
Chakra Type : Water and Wind
Elemental Jutsu : He's mastered his kekkei genkai perfectly thanks to Kisame and Sasori (who taught him about chakra control). He can also create anything with ice and knows a number of water jutsus. He doesn't particularly focus on wind but he knows a few wind jutsus too. Ice, however, still has it's limits.
Other Abilities : His accuracy is extreme, he can throw a senbon needle at almost any point with a diameter of 1cm. He is better than Hinata in extracting poisons but he can't heal much. His taijutsu is good, much better than Hinata's. It looks as if he's gentle in taijutsu but he holds great strength when he applies his chakra into the hits and letting everything out at the exact moment he hits. He can use explosive clay and puppets but his skill in that is average. He, however, excels in origami, almost as good as Konan herself (making Hinata envious but not for long). He can use one hand to perform a variety of simple to moderate jutsus.
Kekkei Genkai : I believe I've spoken about it in the Elemental Jutsu part. ^^
Weakness : He is rather slow but he has a good balance. He has quite low chakra reserves making it difficult for him to perform long jutsus.
There you have it! Please take note that everyone else in the other genin teams last time like, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kiba, Neji, Tenten, Ino, etc... are all at the age of 16. Now, all of you know that Hinata and Haku are very strong but I shall make it a point, they are not super or invincible. There are some weaknesses that can cause their deaths. Hinata is as strong as Sasuke if you want to know. Thank you so much for reading!!! I really love you guys! I'm really, really, sorry for the past spelling and grammar mistakes that you had to read and promise to try to reduce them to none in the future!
See ya!