Neji
Two days has passed since Naruto and I had an 'intellectual conversation'. Revenge is just so sweet. Master Gai, Master Kakashi, Master Kurenai and their students gathered at the Konoha Forest. I hope it's wonderful news… I don't want to waste my time here in the presence of Naruto… who I must say is currently staring at me…
"What do you need from us in this time of day???" Kiba asked irritated. He yawned and stared at his sensei.
"Master Hokage wants you guys to go on a very important… and deadly mission." Master Kakashi said. Interesting… deadly?
"You guys would split up and look for the layer of this beast and kill it." Master Kurenai held up a photo of a cute rabbit…
"YOU MUST BE JOKING!" I heard Shino reacted.
"You want us to kill a cute rabbit?" TenTen asked.
"Don't be fooled by its looks rookies… This rabbit is actually a man eating beast." Master Gai said but was cut off when he saw TenTen's hand raised for a question. "Yes my student?"
"Why should I care? It only eats males! Look master Gai, there are a lot of men in this world who abuse their authority on females. Huh, for me men should be erased from our society… They're power hungry idiotic juvenile delinquents!" TenTen said.
What can you expect from a feminist? I mean her idol is the current Hokage, Tsunaede who is a girl… Silence enveloped the forest. Sakura and Master Kurenai nodded… Thank goodness my cousin didn't agree.
"But TenTen, aren't you also unjust?" Hinata spoke out.
"Unjust? Well, Hinata, just look at our teams… Two guys and a female. What does that mean??? I tell you, it's not coincidence! It is injustice!" TenTen argued back.
"What's wrong with that? Aren't you happy because many men want to be ninjas? They go out on deadly missions. They do the dirty work. They would be the ones who would receive the injuries of war." Hinata replied…
Uhm… Now I'm confused, which side is Hinata on?
"I never thought of that…" TenTen replied in defeat.. "But still…" Thank Kami sama she was cut off!
"Okay, I'm sure Gai didn't mean to offend the trusted women on earth… Don't you Gai?!" Master Kakashi said glaring at his rival.
"Right… What I mean to say is this rabbit is actually a 'human' eating beast. We believe that this rabbit has two owners… Now because we know your capabilities… You would be grouped differently." Master Gai finally said.
"Okay, the group who would chase owner A would be: Naruto, Kiba and Lee." Master Kakashi said.
"What do you mean with NARUTO!!!??? We would surely fail in this mission!" Kiba retorted. While Naruto and Kiba were bickering at one side…
"The other group who would chase owner B would be: Sakura, TenTen and Shino." Master Gai said…
That could only mean… I looked at Sasuke and glared at him very hard.
"And the remaining three would go and kill the rabbit." Master Kurenai said… "I hope you would all understand that there would be no personal group conflicts here." She added which was pertaining to us.
"You would start tomorrow because today you would only do training and more training…" Master Kakashi said.
Naruto
Sadistic… Just plain sadistic!
Master Kakashi Master Gai Master Kurenai X (training) Satan
First they made us do 200 push ups (even handicapped, Lee did great), then they made us go catch 100 falling leaves in 15 seconds, then they made us catch a running piglet in a hundred hectares of land, then the worst part is… they hung us (by groups) in a wooden cage (which was hanging on a cliff!!!!!) and asked us to escape.
Sadistic…
Luckily they gave us a break! I'm hungry!!!! I was ready to go to the ramen shop and finish the month supply of ramen but…
"Where do you think you're going?" Master Kakashi stopped me.
"To the Ramen Shop…" I replied.
"Tsk Tsk… Uzumaki, you would be spending days in this mission. You must learn to eat in the forest." Master Kurenai said.
"You're telling me to eat wild berries??? But, I'm hungry! I haven't eaten anything!!!!' I reacted…
"You're a ninja.. improvise!" They answered.
I grumpily walked to my temporary team mates… My tummy is grumbling!
"I don't want a team mate who only thinks about food!" Kiba said… My mouth was ready to counteract but then… I saw Akamaru…
"Why are you looking at my Akamaru???" Kiba said as he took the fried dog… I mean Akamaru… "What are you thinking?!"
"FRIED AKAMARU WRAPPED IN BERRY SAUCE!!!!!!" I said and chased Kiba who was holding my food/ his dog.
Sasuke
I still not get why I have to work together with Neji… I can not see the point!
"Sasuke kun, look at the game TenTen taught me… It's called FLAMES and it predicts if you and your crush would be together or what… Guess what?! My name and yours resulted to marriage!!!! Isn't that great?! Marriage!!!!" Sakura came up to me and showed the equation…
"Hmn." I just replied. Sakura smiled.
"Then when are you going to ask for my hand?" Sakura asked.
"Why? Do you want me to cut off your hand?" I asked in my emotionless tone…
"Oh Sasuke kun… You are just a joker… Well, I better go…" Sakura said giggling…
Sigh… Flames is just nonsense! My childhood friend taught me that already.
(After 3 minutes)
Cross the H's… There… Hinata has 4 letters remaining… I have 5… 9… F.L.A.M.E.S
9 A
As I remember… A means anger!!!!
It can't be… NO WAY!!! This is wrong!!!
Let me try Neji's name
Hinata Hyuga Neji Hyuga
Cross out the Hyuga and first letter of princess' name…
3 4 7 is F riendship…
Hahaha! They're just friends!!!!
Now, Gaara's name…
Wait… What's Gaara's last name??? Oh well their first names would do!
Hinata Gaara
Cross out the A's
2 4 6 is Soulmates?????
This is wrong!!!!!!
I tore the paper before someone sees me…
"Sasuke kun? Are you alright?" Hinata asked me as she handed me something to eat…
"I'm alright…" I said as I accepted the soup.
Luckily Hinata is experienced in missions that last a month. She prepared a herbal soup using an improvised pot… The bottles of her ointments..
"Okay everyone… Break is over! Naruto, I advise you to stop chasing Akamaru…" Master Kakashi said.
Hyuga Main House
Hinata
I went home to pack the things I needed tomorrow… Kunais, ointments, and clothes. I'm done! Now to dress up…
Gaara would leave this village tonight and I want to see him off. He helped me off with Naruto… He said he doesn't want to see me crying when he leaves…
"Otousama, I would be out for awhile. I promise to come back before midnight!" I said to my father who was at our porch looking at the stars while drinking tea… He always stares at the stars whenever I would go on a mission the following day.
"Why?" He asked.
"Gaara kun would leave tonight and I'm going to see him off." I answered. I saw him nodded and so I rushed out of the compound.
Konoha exit
"Gaara kun!" I shouted while trying to catch up to him… Fortunately he heard me and stop…
"Hey, it's the Hyuga heir!" His nesan said.
I looked at Gaara straight to the eye then smiled.
"You told me that you wouldn't want to see me crying when you leave…" I said. "I'll wait for your return."
He nodded, turned his back and left… I watch him walk away.
But before her turned away…
"Arigatou"
Dawn, the next day
Neji
Sasuke and I waited at the Hyuga main house's living room. We spent approximately 3 minutes glaring at each other…
"I'm sorry if I took so long. I went home late last night." Hinata came in all fresh up, cheerful but sleepy.
"But, your sensei dismissed you early yesterday." I said suspiciously.
"I bid Gaara kun good bye last night." She answered as she scurried to put on her sandals. "Well, what are you guys waiting for… Let's go!" She said jubilantly.
So Gaara left this village.
GREAT!
After a usual 20 minute walk, we arrived at the meeting place. Our senseis were all there. We were the first one to arrive.
"You three are early today… Hinata, you look kind of tired…" Kurenai greeted us.
"I'm alright sensei…" Hinata reassured. The three senseis looked at us closely.
"It would be great if the three of them would become a permanent team." Kakashi commented.
What's great about that?
Everyday… training with this Uchiha?
I prefer to die thank you.
"You're right. They're all early birds not like the other six…" Gai agreed.
We waited for 30 more minutes for the two remaining groups. The next ones to arrive was TenTen's team. They were walking like this mission has of no importance… I looked for Shino and found him behind his two team mates who were talking about women's rights. When they arrived Shino approached Hinata…
"I'm really thankful that our grouping is only temporary. I really can't stand their sermons about women rights!!!!" Shino said quietly to Hinata.
"You can do it Shino kun!" Hinata encouraged him.
"I just can't wait to go in the forest and leave these two girls!" Shino said. Hinata sweat dropped.
5 minutes later, Naruto's group arrived.
"Master Gai, I'm so sorry we're late! Naruto took a long time buying instant ramen at the grocery!" Lee explained. Behind Lee we saw Naruto carrying a big back pack…
Sasuke
I wanted to whack some sense into that fox! But even if I do that it wouldn't work… He has no brain remember?
"Okay, now we are all here… After your mission you are free to go out of this forest anytime… More or less this mission would just take you a week, depending on your capabilities and most of all 'team work'." Gai sensei said.
I was ready to go in the forest but…
"SASUKE-SAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!" A girlish scream caught my attention… In the mist, I saw a silhouette running…
"What now?!" I heard Neji's irritated voice.
But he got his own share too.
"NEJI-SAMA!" Someone screamed from the opposite direction. First we only saw two silhouettes, but after a couple of seconds…
"I guess this is agony of being popular." I heard TenTen commented.
"In my calculation this is already half of the population of the girls of Konoha." Master Gai said.
I watched in horror…
This is too creepy… my fan club and Neji's fan club put together would spell disaster.
"Sasuke-sama is much more stronger than Hyuga Neji." Someone shouted in the crowd.
"WHAT?! Our Hyuga Neji is much more stronger! Neji-sama is a genius not like your Uchiha!" Someone shouted back.
"Rright… his eyes turn vainy when he uses the Byakugan. That is so not cute."
"Well, for your information, Uchiha's eyes turn all weird when he uses the shringan! And most of all he spits fire!"
"Sasuke-sama is special because he's one of the last of the Uchiha tribe which is well known!"
"But, the Uchihas were a part of the Hyuga's who went solo! Uchiha is just a fake… Shiringan is just plain pirated. Neji-sama is the original!"
MY SHIRINGAN IS NOT PIRATED!
"How dare you say that in front of Sasuke-sama!!!!!"
"How dare you compare Uchiha to our Hyuga! No one can compare to Neji-sama!"
And all hell breaks loose…
I looked at Neji who was staring at his fan club who were throwing pitch forks at mine.
"Your fan club is much more rabid than mine… Pitchforks?!" I whispered to him.
"Whatever… Let's just leave before this gets bloody." He said in his emotionless tone. Our masters nodded their heads.
"Good luck… You guys…" Master Gai said but was cut off by Kakashi clearing his throat. Master Gai looked at his rival who was pointing at TenTen…
"I mean Good luck people… You gu… I mean you all just go while we block these fan clubs." Master Gai corrected.
3 hours later the forest of Konoha.
Neji
Does my eyes look funny whenever I do the Byakugan?
"Neji-kun, are you alright?" Hinata asked me. We're resting…
"He's never alright!" I heard Sasuke commented. I glared at him because of this.
"I'm alright. I'm just amazed at how brutal Sasuke's Fan Club is!" I replied.
"Brutal? May I remind you whose fan club were throwing pitchforks!" Sasuke retorted.
"Whose fan club started it?" I countered. A long bickering fight erupted again. I swear, if Hinata isn't around, I'll kill this guy! Even if he's one of the last Uchiha on earth, I would kill him!
While we were fighting aka, throwing glares at each other…
"I wonder if Shino and Akamaru is alright." She thought out loud.
"Don't worry about Shino, TenTen's lecturing always stops whenever we're in a mission." I said.
"Don't worry about Akamaru… Naruto won't catch him anyway." Sasuke said.
"Demo…" Hinata replied worriedly.
"They're going to be fine! They trained really hard yesterday. And I'm sure you did too." I comforted her. She released a sweet smile…
"I'll go refill our water supply." She stood up, leaving the two of us together.
And ladies and gentlemen, we had another staring fight.
After 30 minutes we got tired of staring at each other…
"I want to finish this mission as soon as possible… I don't want any weak Uchiha here." I said and stood up.
"Whatever Hyuga." He replied.
Wait… Where's Hinata???? Thirty minutes had already passed… The spring isn't that far from here.
"Byakugan!" I said which made the Uchiha alert.
I scanned my surroundings no sight of her.
I quickly ran to the spring, Uchiha following me.
"Where is she?" Sasuke asked me.
Beside the spring we saw Hinata's water container… beside the container were foot prints.
"HINATA!" Sasuke shouted. I scanned the area again… even my Byakugan couldn't find her.
Cave
Hinata
I opened my eyes and saw a rabbit looking at me. I looked at my surroundings and remembered what happened. While I was finishing refilling our water supply a kunai suddenly hit me on my hand. I tried to fight but unfortunately the kunai possessed a tranquilizer.
"I see you're awake." The man looked at me curiously.
"You're not one of our targets. Who are you?" I asked.
"Let's just say that I wasn't identified. You must be a Hyuga… Judging by your eyes and hair." He said. I tried to get my kunai but the rabbit growled at me…. (a.n. hey let's just imagine that rabbits growl)
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." The man said together with an evil laugh.
"Why are you doing this?! Bringing a dangerous rabbit in the forest of Konoha!" I asked.
"Good question… Why am I doing this? Well I don't know… Maybe just for revenge." He said. He made me look at him in the eye… He's also a Hyuga member! "You just look like the girl I saw 10 years ago." He said.
"Are you from the lower class?" I asked. He smirked but nodded.
"Yeah… And you…" He hit me across the face… "Upper class killed all of my family! From my grandparents to my nieces. That blasted Hiashi Hyuga!!!!"
Otousama?
"I'm going to kill him! But first…" He ordered the rabbit to kill me. I was getting ready for the worst… I have to think about how to save myself and kill this guy…
"You wish!" I heard Neji's voice.
"Hhow did you find me?" The man asked. Sasuke was kind enough to save me before the rabbit bites me.
"That has no business with you. How dare you hurt Hinata!" Sasuke said.
The fight didn't last long… The criminal together with his pet escaped.
Other part of the Forest of Konoha
Naruto
"Akamaru, come on! You'll have to sacrifice your life for us to live!" I chased the dog.
"It's your fault anyway! Why do you have to leave that bag in the first place! You know that this is a forest!" Lee said.
How should I know that monkeys also likes ramen?!
"Akamaru, come here boy… I promise I would pray for your soul!" I said… DARN MONKEYS!
Other part of the forest
"Do you know that men causes wars? They're so egoistic. They prefer to kill people to achieve their personal goals!" TenTen narrated to Sakura.
"Hey TenTen, don't you think it's so buggy out here?" Sakura stated. The two girls looked around and noticed Shino's bugs enveloping them.
"Hey, Shino, what's the deal?!" TenTen asked. The two girls looked at Shino and realized that he was…
"Ah, Shino?" Sakura asked cautiously…
"Stop… Feminism… talks… can't take… it anymore…" Shino muttered.
"You're not seriously going to let these bugs attack us aren't you?" TenTen asked taking one step away.
"Feminism… stop… torture.. loosing… control of anger…" Shino said.
"AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" The two girls ran around trying to avoid the insects that are trying to kill them.
7 days later
Sasuke
We still can't find the target… Even the with two Byakugan users from different society level couldn't find the target.
"Uchiha, would you mind helping us?" Neji said that irritated me.
Help? For your information genius, I already scanned 100 kilometers of this darn forest!
"Neji-kun let's have a rest… We've been looking nonstop for our target for 5 whole days!" Hinata commented. That stopped the genius…
"I'll go pick some herbs to eat…" Hinata suggested, but Neji stopped her.
"Last time you went alone, that target nearly killed you…" Neji reminded her…
"Demo, I didn't know about him before… I'm fine… I can take care of myself." Hinata reassured.
Neji let her go. She looks determined.
After she left Neji slowly followed her.
"Don't you trust your cousin?" I asked.
"I trust her… I'm just going to make sure that she's alright." He said then left.
And of course, I followed soon afterwards.
I hid behind a tree as usual…
Luckily we followed her because the guy attacked her again… Not to mention, attacked us too… The rabbits smelled us in our hide out and made us unconscious.
When my consciousness returned we were in the dark part of the forest.
"I hope you had a nice nap." The voice resonated.
"Where are we?" Hinata's voice asked.
"We're just in the other side of the forest." Neji answered her.
"Shut up you three…You girl… I already know where I saw you… Of course, how could I forget, the daughter of the head of the Hyuga… Hinata…"
"What do you plan to do to her?" I asked… I'll kill him if he touches her.
"Well, her father should feel the pain of a lost love one." The man said. I heard Hinata stuttered.
"Don't you dare touch Hinata!" Neji said seriously…
"Oh, I wouldn't touch her… My creatures will…"
"Hinata!" I shouted…I need to get untied!!!! Hinata would die… I can't let that happen!!!!!!!!!!
"You guys are just plain pathetic." A voice erupted..
"Who are you?" Our enemy asked.
"My name has no importance for you who would die!"
Konoha hospital
Hinata
I opened my eyes and noticed that I was in the hospital…
As I remembered I was going to die… The enemy punched me… There were many dangerous rabbits that were ready to bite me…
"What happened?" I asked when I saw my father.
"You were nearly killed but thanks to Gaara here!" My dad said.
Gaara was seated on the visitor's chair.
"Welcome back! Anou… arigatou for saving my life. I owe you one." I cheerfully said. Gaara just stared at me…
"Where are my team mates?" I asked.
"Shino just went out of the forest three days ago… We found TenTen and Sakura just yesterday… They were hanging on a cliff." Kurenai sensei explained…
"And Kiba and Akamaru were fine… But, Lee did the mission by himself. He said that Naruto kept chasing Akamaru around so Kiba wasted his shakra err… torturing Naruto." Kakashi sensei replied.
"What happened to Neji and Sasuke?" I asked.
"That's what we're going to ask you about… You were the only one Gaara brought out of the forest." Gai sensei asked.
"Hinata-chan, what happened?" Otousama asked. So I told him the story about the third target. How he kidnapped me two times and how he nearly killed me.
"Sasuke and Neji were all there with me… Gaara-kun, are you sure you didn't see them? They were just beside me." I asked. Gaara just shook his head.
"Luckily we saw Gaara on his way back from the Sand Village… He volunteered to help you guys out." Kurenai sensei winked at me.
We were all shocked when a messenger suddenly came in saying that Gaara's siblings found Sasuke and Neji…
Outside the forest of Konoha
Neji
Sure they sent Gaara to help us in this mission…
What help does he mean anyway?
Flashback
"You guys are just plain pathetic." A voice erupted..
"Who are you?" Our enemy asked.
"My name has no importance for you who would die!"
We heard the man shout. Gaara must have wrapped him with his sand.
"Gaara what happened to Hinata? Is she alright?" Sasuke asked worriedly.
"She's alright…" Gaara replied. We heard Gaara lifted up Hinata and left us there. Worse, we figured out later that he wrapped our surrounding with his sand… We were like in an igloo… So his siblings took some time finding us!
End of flashback
We were greeted by our fan club… and like nothing happened when we left, they were still throwing pitchforks at Sasuke's fan club…
But within the crowd a certain person caught my attention.
"Are you alright?" Hinata asked the two of us.
"We're alright…" Sasuke and I saw the sand man behind her…
He was glaring at the both of us… I swear I could punch him but unfortunately Hinata was there…
TBC
Author's note: that was hilarious! Well that's all for now! Please review! I'm really sorry for the long delay! Merry Christmas!