Whoa, I'm surprised, it didn't take me forever to update this time
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Can I really do this? Hinata asked herself, she was standing at Konoha's gates roughly four hours after her talk with Kiba, fully packed and ready to leave. I have to do it, nobody else is going to. She answered he own question, but a hint of doubt still remained.
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The two members of the Aburame clan stood in front of Tsunade's desk, having handed in their mission report they were being filled in on what had occurred while they were away.
"So you see the retrieval mission was a failure and all five members of the search and rescue team have been admitted to the hospital" finished Tsunade. As the men turned to leave, a man burst into the room. From the style of his clothing and the milky appearance of his eyes he looked to be from the Hyuga clan.
"Hokage-sama, a number of traveling equipment and food items have been reported missing in the compound, and not a soul has seen Hinata-san since yesterday morning." The man appeared winded, as if he ran all the way across the village from the Hyuga residence to the Hokage tower.
"What?" Tsunade gasped in wonder, "Why would she do…. She couldn't have possibly thought to go after," she trailed off as the realization of why finally sunk in. "Did Hiashi-sama send you?" She finally asked.
"No," the man admitted, "he actually told nobody to repost her missing; I'd probably be killed if he were to find out that I disobeyed his direct orders." Shino, who had been quietly listening to all that was being said now turned to face the fifth.
"Hokage-sama, I'd like to request that I be sent to retrieve her." He said in a monotone voice. Tsunade just sighed.
"I'm afraid that I'll have to deny your request, we just can't afford to send any shinobi after her in our current state." She replied sadly.
"Understood," Shino stated calmly as he turned to leave the office.
As he descended the stairs Shino willed himself not to run, and to stay calm, at least until he was out of the building. Sure enough, as soon as he was out of the building he lost all sense of self control and ran, as fast as he could towards the hospital. He needed to speak with Kiba.
"Finally after a ten minute wait the nurses let him in to see Kiba. The moment he stepped into the room he asked, "When was the last time that you spoke with Hinata?" For a moment Kiba seemed surprised to see him but then he jumped right in to being, well himself actually.
"Oh, I see how it is; you can't even say a simple 'hello' to your dying team member, can ya?" Kiba said, very overdramatically. Shino shot him a look that told him that he meant for his question to be answered. "Okay, okay calm down. Umm, she was here around the time that visiting hours end, 'bout eight I think, why?"
"Because Kiba, she left the village last night, she went after Uchiha." Shino's voice sounded strained and laced with anger. A look of realization bloomed across the Inuzuka's face.
"You know Shino, now that you mention it; she did seem to have a lot of interest in bringing him back, it was a bit unlike her." That was when Shino's temper finally snapped.
"BAKA! You spoke to her a few hours before she left and you didn't notice her behaving strangely at all?" Shino turned to leave the room.
"Hey don't blame me; it's kind of hard to notice strange behavior when you're pumped full of pain killers!" Kiba yelled at Shino's receding back while gesturing towards the IV needle in his arm.
Shino was already going over the few things that he needed to shove into his weapon pouch before he left. One quick stop at home and he was going after Hinata he would defiantly catch up with her. Just don't get yourself killed Hinata-chan, I'm coming.
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Oh my goodness, another short chapter! Since the chapters are so short, I'm updating early, next one's on Friday, don't forget! I think the next one's longer….. I think.
Catch ya later:
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