It was late the next morning when Kira woke up, and after seeing the time, ran to get Hinata and Neji. They were late, and she had a huge hangover. She stumbled into Nejis' room without knocking, and after looking at him sleeping in his bed peacefully whacked him on the head with the pillow she had brought from her room. Neji jumped out of bed, activating his Byakugan, he didn't get very far in activating it before he saw who it was and looked at his alarm clock.
Kira, seeing that he was now focused, nodded at him before heading out and telling him over her shoulder, "Get ready to leave in ten minutes, I'm gonna wake up Hinata. I'll meet you two at the front gates, I just have to see first if your uncle has some painkillers," she told him, rubbing her left hand over her forehead.
Walking down the hall and after a few right corners she came to Hinatas' and was pleased to see that she was awake, Kira told Hinata the same thing she had told Neji and went off to look for Hiashi and her relief. She found him in his office, enjoying a warm cup of tea that she was sure had some painkillers in it. Upon seeing who was at his door he nodded for her to come in and take a seat.
"Good morning Kira, how did you like it last night? I hear you won in a contest of some kind, would you like to tell me what it was about or would you rather have these instead?" Hiashi asked her, holding up a container of painkillers and some water. Kira greedily looked at them for a second before holding out her hand, into which he gave her three and handed her the glass of water.
"Last night was rather enjoyable uncle, and I dare say that Hinata and Neji might enjoyed it more than I did. Given time I think Neji and Sakura's relationship well grow into something splendid, in fact I see a wedding sometime in the not-so-distant future. I just hope everyone else liked it, anyway thank-you for the painkillers, we should be back before dinner. I'm planning to take Neji and Hinata to my old home if you don't mind," Kira replied, standing up and walking to the door before turning around to get the 'OK' from Hiashi.
"Alright, that's fine with me. But if you're not coming back for awhile then would you also take Hinata shopping for some real kunoichi clothes, it would be nice to see her in something else, and I know you would enjoy it as well," he told her, not looking up from his paper work.
She nodded enthusiastically and ran off to get changed, as well as to get her swim-suit. She met up with Neji and Hinata at the time she had stated and they ran off, before meeting Kiba and Akamaru half-way. Kiba gave them a half nod, a five o'clock shadow just visible.
"Sorry we're late Kiba, I lost track of time," Kira apologized and grinned stupidly at him, look.
"No, that's okay Kira. Besides after watching you last night I understand," Kiba replied, replaying the drinking contest he saw Kira in.
I wonder if she remembers much from last night, Neji thought, probably not considering what happened. Neji sighed and concentrated on Kira as she faltered slightly; activating his Byakugan he saw that Kiras chakra was out of control, but what surprised him the most was a large amount of chakra focusing itself in one area of her body; right at her left shoulder blade. It looked as though it was pulsing, like a heartbeat. Then as he was about to deactivate his Byakugan Kiras chakra leveled soared, causing Neji to gasp in surprise, and the others to look at him in curiosity.
"What's wrong nii-san? Did you see something?" Hinata asked as she measured her pace with his. Neji shook his head, keeping his eyes focused on Kira.
What was that? I've never felt anything like that except when I saw Naruto fighting, Neji thought, sweat trickling down the side of his face. I should continue keeping an eye on her and see what else happens before reporting it.
Ahead of him Kira was smirking, knowing the reason Neji gasped. Looks like I'll need to add another charm, the seal is starting to come loose. I don't want them to know my secret yet, I have to buy more time, she thought clearing her mind despite the dreadful hangover she got last night. Well that's what I get for challenging Tsunade, although I'm surprised I won. I just hope those painkillers kick in before we get there, I don't want to be clutching my head the whole time.
They arrived at the onsen ten minutes later, they noticed that Tsunade was hanging onto the Raikage and Shizune was next to her, her hands glowing as she helped her mistress get rid of her hangover. Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi were with Sai and Yamato. Apparently Naruto was telling them of the 'remarkable' time he and Hinata had last night. Kira grinned, looking over her shoulder she saw Hinata blush slightly with a large smile on her face as she went over to join Naruto. Naruto looked up after Hinata was beside him, and waved to Kira who waved back and went to stand beside Sai.
"So Sai, did you have fun last night?" Kira asked looking off into the distance.
Sai nodded remembering what he and Ino did. "It was rather enjoyable, and well done in beating Lady fifth last night. I didn't know there was anyone who could out-drink her, although it looks like she's suffering the consequences now." He replied nodding over to where Tsunade was now clutching her head.
Kira gave a soft laugh, passing it off as a cough. "Yes well I only guess that after the contest she went ahead and had some fun with Raikage, if you know what I mean," she winked at him while motioning to how close Tsunade and the Raikage were standing. Sai's grin stretched from ear-to-ear, he nodded and looked back to Yamato and Kakashi.
Clearing her throat, Kira got everyone's attention, "Well since it looks like we're all accounted for, we should head inside. I know you all must have questions, and I hope I can answer them to the best of my ability." With that everyone went inside and got ready, there was no-one else there since it had been booked.
Within ten minutes everyone had changed, and was getting comfortable around the large pool. The landlord brought out non-alcoholic beverages for everyone as they settled down, once everyone had their drinks and were comfortable enough they looked at Kira for an explanation.
Sighing, she looked around at all the faces looking at her expectantly, "Okay, well I guess it all started around the time I was born…" she began, "You see when I was born I was very ill, in fact so ill that the last thing my mother told the nurses was to bring me to the valley of the Final Battle (?), and put me into one of the ponds surrounding the base of the waterfall. The nurses agreed to this, and seconds later my mother died. The nurses knew why my mother had requested this, you see there is an old story that if someone from the Senju or Uchiha clan is ill when they are born they are taken to the valley to be purified. When you put someone into a pound they well are judged by the spirits of Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, they well see into your future, if you are to become a great leader, or do great things in life then you live. If you are to become a villain, or a murderer; you die. The spirits were looking down on me that day, I lived, naturally, but one thing about me changed greatly," she paused here and looked around the circle; everyone was paying attention to her now. Even Tsunade was looking at you with a fierce gaze, she sighed again before continuing on, "My hair colour changed, and a strange mark appeared on my left shoulder. It's still there after all these years; you could say it's like a birth mark." She finished, she noticed that Shikamaru was looking at her intently.
"Is something wrong Shika-kun?" she asked him, raising one of her eyebrows in the process.
Shikamaru nodded, never easing his gaze, "Well I was just wondering, where did hear about that story? It's the first time I've ever heard it before." He commented, the others, even Iruka, nodded; looking at her keenly.
Sighing, she looked at him with an honest gaze; he didn't flinch or back off, "It's an old legend that's been passed down our two families for generations. Although it rarely happens anymore now that people are starting to forget about it. It's not very surprising actually, seeing as to how much people there are in each family now; and I don't think Sasuke knows about it yet." She told him, watching how Naruto growled when he heard his name. Sakura tensed when she heard his name causing Neji, whom she was leaning against, to rub her shoulders until she calmed down.
"Anyway back to the story; four years passed and since all of you know the basic parts of my past I'll tell you what you don't know. The night of my fourth birthday my father committed senpaku, right in front of me in fact. I heard him walking to my room in the middle of the night; I knew it was him because he was the only one that visited me at my family's old mansion. He put me in a binding jutsu and a silencing jutsu; he had me watch as he set up a trip wire around my ceiling fan, and brought my chair beneath it. I remember being so scared, and feeling completely helpless as I watched him push the chair away and within seconds hang from the ceiling, lifeless. I knew he was dead because the jutsu's were broken, but even though they were broken I didn't- couldn't move. It was like a bad dream, it was later when the black ops came that it finally hit me that my father was dead and there was nothing I could do. That was around the time I cracked and started to cry uncontrollably, it was the first time I allowed anyone to see me cry; the first and the last." She finished, looking at Kakashi as she recalled what happened that dreadful night. Her breathing started to become slightly labored, Yamato looking at her with troubled eyes, got up and wrapped his arms around her, willing her to calm down. Once her breathing evened out, she looked up at Yamato with grateful eyes; he smiled down at her before taking the seat next to her.
So that's what really happened that night, Kakashi thought, watching his baby sister and subordinate getting cozy together, well at least she's not letting him rule her life any more.
"Oh I just remembered something," Hinata said without stuttering, looking at Kira, "how did you know my name yesterday? Before we left you called me by name, but I hadn't had time to tell you yet." Hinata explained not looking away from Kira even though she was getting a lot of looks since she didn't even stutter once.
Smirking Kira lifted her head from her drink, "when I was younger I would spend a lot of time with your family, and actually I babysat Neji plenty of times. I would often ask your father what he would name his kids, he told me that if you had been a boy he would name you Kai, but if you were a girl he would name you Hinata. I knew you were Hiashi's kid the moment I saw you, besides the lower branch members have the curse marks on their foreheads, and you wear your hitae-ate around your neck." She told Hinata, pointing to her own forehead where the curse mark would have gone.
During this time Neji was holding his forehead, he was still wearing his hitae-ate. Sakura glanced over her shoulders at him, looking slightly worried before leaning against him, and holding his hands in hers. Hinata glanced over at her cousin and girlfriend, happy to see a content look on both their faces as they enjoyed just being able to be together.
"So, yeah, after my dads death it was slightly hard for me but I never let anyone see how I was feeling; and at the time my last name was still Senju. In fact I didn't change it until a few days before the attack; although I only choose to change it since I didn't want any assassins taking me hostage. Even though a few days before his death I had been promised to be married to someone else my age; you all have heard about what he had done. He committed a heinous crime; he killed his whole family, leaving only his kid brother alive. My fiancée, as you might have guessed was Uchiha Itachi, at the time we were like this," she told them holding up her interlocked forefinger and middle, "I loved him dearly, but now it's like there's dip pit between us. As a result of what he done the next time I saw him I didn't know what to do, and before I knew we were engaged in combat. I don't even remember what I said during the battle, but I know I was able to injure him, once I saw that I had injured him it felt as though something was breaking in me; I was happy that I was able to injure him. In reality I was amazed that I had even been able to get him, previously I wouldn't have been able to even get a scratch on him. At the meeting last night I was bale to talk with the elders and they finally revoked the binding contract they had us sign when we were kids." She finished, snuggling even further into Yamato. He grinned and held her tighter.
Yamato was about to ask her something when he felt her tense up against him, and look towards the forest to their left. She abruptly got up and went into the women's changing house, coming out a few seconds later with her sandals and weapons pouch. Others started to get up as well when she waved them down.
"I'm just going to check on something, okay? Don't move, and if I sense any of you following me I'll make it so you won't be able to move for the rest of your life," seeing the look in her eyes the others agreed and sat back down. Yamato sighed before grabbing her arm and handing her something; it was one of his tracking chips.
"Take this in case something happens, I don't think some of them could stand to lose you again. I know I couldn't," he told her giving her a seductive kiss on the neck before releasing her hand. She looked at him with a flustered expression before turning around, rushing off in the direction of the woods.
Yamato felt the older guys giving him the evil eye, and heard some of the girls giggling behind their hands. Turning around he met Kakashi's gaze, and chuckling a bit went back to the men's changing house. Quickly Kakashi, and some of the others, including Naruto, got up to follow him while the younger men stayed behind with their partners.
After a few seconds they heard someone yelling, and were able to narrow it down to Iruka-sensei's voice. Remembering their days at the academy when he would yell at Naruto almost daily, speaking of which they could now hear Naruto yelling something like 'she's my cousin!' Followed by a high pitched screams of terror, and soon the older men were running out screaming something like 'monster! There's a monster in there!' Naruto ran straight to Hinata, hanging on to her harder than he should have been, earning a glare from Neji. The girls all looked at Kurenai, seeing her hands coming down from making one of her genjutsu signs.
Looking back at the group of younger people she shrugged and reached for her drink, "I just didn't want them hurting Yamato, besides those two look good together. Plus she deserves a regular love life, I mean she wasn't able to date anyone else during the years she was gone." When she was met with looks of confusion and bewilderment, she sighed before continuing on, "when someone signs the kind of contract that Kira and Itachi must've signed you aren't entitled to date anyone else, and if you do the person you date dies; simple as that." She explained taking a sip of her drink. The others looked at her before glancing at each other, the same thought running through their minds, she couldn't date anyone? For sixteen years? That would be terrible, thank Kami that she doesn't have to marry Itachi though, and, if I ever meet Itachi I'll make him suffer to make sure that Kira well be safe, and smile with her heart.
A/N: sorry if there's some OOC-ness I'll try not to let it continue, and if I do then please tell me. I'll be happy to make sure it doesn't happen again. Please R&R, sayonara.