-YukikoNanashi13: Okay, now that school's finished for me, it'll be easier to update! Isn't that awesome?! Well, yeah, it is. Anyway, it's been so long since I've written a chapter, so I really had to re-read all the other chapters to see if I had any developing plots in them, or something. Well, if you're reading this(and have read the past chapters), I am so freakin' grateful! Back to the story(finally!).

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Hanabi was in the kitchen, washing the dishes. Slowly. She knew she should've been studying or something, but it was really boring. Plus, she had a lot on her mind. To start with, she's starting to talk to her sister more! She looked out the window.

It's raining...

Again...

She signed deeply, and thought more about what was going on with her sister.. And her sister in general..

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Hinata sneezed.

Hinata sat in her room, on the floor. She meditated, and to be honest, she was meditating a lot. The Chunin Exams, Sasuke, Naruto... And now Sakura was stressing her out. It made her feel horrible. The rain outside was tapping against the window. It started to get louder and louder until Hinata had no choice but to open her eyes.

It's raining...

Again...

She sighed. She thought about Hanabi afterwards.

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Hanabi sneezed. The dishes flew everywhere from her sneeze. She looked at it upset, and pissed off.

... I don't even want to know...

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The next day, Hinata decided to stay in bed all day. She didn't want to get up, she didn't feel like getting up, and no one was going to make her get up...

I spoke too soon.

Hanabi knocks on her door, with eagerness pounding through.

"Hinata! Hinata! Please open the door!"

"...Why?"

"Cuz I want you to!!"

"..."

"Please! I need to tell you something important!"

"Open it yourself."

"Fine, if you insist!"

The door blasted open from her chakra. It broke into thousands of little pieces.

She jumped onto her bed and shook Hinata until her eyes opened.

"Hai?"

"Guess what?!"

"... Nani?"

Hanabi giggled and blushed wildly.

"I like someone! Isn't that amazing?!"

"Hai, hai... Amazing.." Hinata yawned, with no interest.

"You suck! I'm pouring my feelings out and you're barely listening!"

"Feelings?? Pouring out?? Hai.. I'm listening.." Hinata was tired and upset. Her words were becoming faded and stretched..

Hanabi looked at her sister confused. "... Hinata-san.. Are you... Drunk?"

"Iiee.. Why, are you?"

"No!! Don't be stupid! Anyway, I like someone! Isn't that amazing?!" She smiled eagerly again.

Hinata opened her eyes, her eyelids half-opened. "Didn't you say that already?"

"Hai."

"Well tell me... He isn't... He isn't moody, is he?"

"No, of course not! He's rebellious, and attention-grabbing, and really funny!"

"Has he talked to you?"

"No.."

"Have you talked to him?"

"No. But I'm scared!"

History repeats itself... Crap.

"Well talk to him. Waste your time on him. Bother him."

"... Doushite?!" Hanabi looked at her sister, heartbroken.

"It's better for him to think of you and normal and annoying... Than quiet, shy, and weird."

"... Oh, I get it! So I try to get his attention, and show him how amazing I am!"

"Be yourself. But don't be shy around him."

"Oooooooohhh... But that's too hard!" She pouted unhappily.

"Too bad."

"Hinata-san, you're not being yourself... Are you going through changes?"

She smiled, with almost a laugh. "Don't talk like that.."

They both laughed.

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Sakura was talking to Tsunade, in the Hokage's tower.

"Sakura-san, I figured I'd tell you first, before anyone else."

"Before anyone?"

"Hai. I haven't even told Shizune yet. I thought, you'd think of it more significant."

"Eto.. Hai. So what is it?"

"It's about your teammates."

Sakura's eyes widened. "What about them? Did you find them? Is Naruto coming back? Is Sasuke coming back? Have you picked up the trail on Sasuke? Did Naruto give you message? What happened?"

"Calm down."

She gulped down hard, almost hard enough to cough. ".. Hai."

"It's about Sasuke." Tsunade directed her eyes toward the right side of the wall. She needed to avoid looking at Sakura in the eyes.

"What?! What?!"

"We have reason to believe that Sasuke is coming back to Konoha."

"Yes! Wait, why isn't that good?" Sakura looked at Tsunade's facial expression.

"Not to stay. To invade. Quickly, no one getting killed, just to set off a warning."

"A warning? A warning for what?"

"The two years for Orochimaru to finally take Sasuke's body is almost up. This is the only village that Orochimaru really wants to destroy. A warning seems to be fit for him. He wants us to be ready. He wants a challenge."

"So what do we do?" Sakura was nervous. Of all the reasons to come back...

"We give him a challenge. We have to make sure Sasuke doesn't get into the village. It's obviously a practice drill for Sasuke. Destroying a village... Orochimaru and his mind..."

"But... Wouldn't we be doing what Orochimaru wants us to do? He wants Sasuke to do some minor damage to the village as a so-called warning! And it's a test to see of Sasuke's body can handle that kind of pressure, like getting passed guards, right? If we fight back, then wouldn't we be helping in rising the factors that Orochimaru can kill all of us?!"

"Sure, but wold you rather we kill Sasuke?"

"..." She sighed. "No."

"Well, it's either the plan I gave you, or we kill him."

"Okay."

"Also.. We're canceling the Chunin Exams."

"Nani?!"

"Hai. The directors think that not enough people survived during the second round. The remaining ones are obviously good enough, if they were the only ones to survive... Besides, we don't want to take any chances in postponing the Chunin Exams. It's costing us a lot of money already."

Sakura was feeling frustrated. She was being told things, that she could kill herself over. "...H-Hai."

"Good. You may leave now. You can give me your opinion tomorrow. Think it over."

"Hai."

Sakura left, and walked back to her house. Tears streamed down her face silently.

I just wish that you were coming back for the right reasons, Sasuke.. That's all I want.

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Hinata sat in her room again. He stared at her ceiling, knowing there was something wrong..

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End of Chapter 10

-YukikoNanshi13: Told you Sasuke was going to show up soon... I did tell you that, right? Well, if I didn't, now you know! This chapter had to be made fast because my laptop's battery is almost out(electricity out, can't use charger..).. Well, that's it for this chapter. Next one is coming soon-- Finally... Peace.