December 27th

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Naruto arrived at the young gardening girl's house early morning the next day. Karei had packed things he may have needed for his tasks; a small trowel, gloves, and a spade. He knocked twice and waited for a reply.

Kaben called out from the back of the house. Naruto hopped over the fence and looked at her garden. It looked as though she had fifty new buds since yesterday. He let out a small breath of surprise. Keben placed her hand on his jaw and closed his mouth.

"I don't need flies in my garden, Naruto," she said with a playful smile.

"Oh, hehe, sorry." He scratched his head sheepishly. "So, what do I need to do?"

"Spot any bugs that aren't a yellow or an orange color. Kill them before they plant eggs in my flowers, and don't hurt the merchandise either."

"That all?" Naruto seemed confused.

"Yes. Shamed to say, but my garden is different from everyone else's. My family uses flowers to establish jutsus. My dad just can't control all his bugs when he is away on assignments."

"These are your dad's bugs? Wait, like the Aburame's?"

"No, they use destruction beetles. Dad just controls a swarm of random pests and bugs. They get hungry and head here; Dad has them scared to enter his and mother's gardens."

Naruto didn't ask further questions. He just turned and did his job as a look out.

Almost twenty minutes passed before another word was shared between the two. Naruto never found any bugs and Kaben finished rearranging her garden. She and the boy sat at a bench near her garden when Kaben turned to Naruto.

"So, your plans not go so well?"

"What?" Naruto had to take a moment to remember what she was talking about. "Oh, yeah...She was scared to come out of that abandoned shack."

"What? This girl was placed in a shack? That is sickening!"

"Don't say anything! She seemed scared to leave it; she didn't want to be discovered for some reason."

"Hmm, I'll need to talk with the grass then."

"Wh-Wait?. D'you say 'Talk to the grass'?"

"Another trait. You can go. I'm sure you'll have better luck next time."

Naruto blinked at her immediate dismissal, missing every possible explanation he could think of. "Yeah, uh, ok, see you then..."

Naruto walked off back home; Kaben didn't move an inch as he turned a corner.

The pink bud on her ear opened up as she removed it from her hair. She looked at it with a neutral emphasis. "Flower sight jutsu" The flower filled with water and an image of Hinata appeared in its reflection. Kaben just looked through it with curiosity. "Get a look outside this room," she spoke to the flower. The image slowly moved out a nearby crack and viewed the outside of the wooden structure and it peered in; Kaben just gasped.

"The Hyuuga's! That boy picks strangely." The bud closed and she put it back to its resting place on her ear. She stood up and held her arm out and a vine whipped out and latched on to a branch as it lifted her to the tree. She swung from branch to branch following the trail to Hinata's prison. She used aromas from her arsenal of jutsus to either divert attention from her or incapacitate the guards around the grounds. She soon came up to the cabin and looked at it with a small bit of rage. She used her sight jutsu once more to look around the grounds; no one was in sight. She then took her gaze inside the cabin. Hinata was still there, her face hidden by her arms and legs.

Kaben retreated higher up the tree and cupped her hands together activating a substitution jutsu that left behind an image of herself in pink petals. Kaben reappeared inside the cabin with a small drift of wind. Her gaze locked on the small girl at her feet.

"Hinata, I assume?"

Hinata looked up at the girl, her eyes were red from all her crying. She didn't reply, she only assumed a rejected posture and hoping to have her visitor leave.

"I know what happened between you and Naruto. The grass has a mouth and vocals talks to me."

"Leave, before it happens again."

"Why are you here, tell me that much. Tell me and I won't enter this cabin again."

Hinata nearly shot a gaze of hate at the green clad girl. But it softened the moment after. "Father...Hiashi-sama doesn't want me to be known to the village. If anyone knows I am here then he'll kill me."

"Barbaric! And you allow this?"

"He'll kill me!" Hinata tried to emphasize her reasoning.

"Are you sure he will be able to? And under what right does he threaten you with this? Have you done something?"

Kaben's logic nearly caved Hinata's mind. Hinata could not muster an answer. "Just go."

"Fine, but I'll be helping Naruto next time." With a small cluster of pedals she left, the pedals blowing out a hole in the wall to eliminate any trace of a visitor.

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Naruto awoke early the next morning. Karei rose with a yawn as she walked over and mussed up the young blonde's hair.

"So, are you going ahead with the plan?"

"You know it. Have you set it all up?"

"Not yet, let me be dramatic once in a while." She laughed.

"Well, as long as this works out, Hinata will surely thank me."

"Well best get to Kaben's house, she is an essential item, is she not?"

"Right, gotta go!" Naruto leaped out of the window, leaping from roof to roof over to Kaben's home.

She was tending to her garden once again, placing roses in a batch to themselves and keeping them in a symmetric pattern. Naruto was careful not to land on soft soil or flowers. Kaben finished up with her work and nodded at the boy.

"What if she is uneager to come?"

"Then explain to her what we are doing, just don't tell her I'm going to take all the blame if it all goes downhill. I don't need her worrying about me."

"And if not then?"

"Bring me there and stay at the academy. I'll be sure to bring her."

"Okay then." Kaben swung her way to the encampment as Naruto headed to the academy.

Kaben sat at her tree and began another jutsu. She summoned a small amount of grass inside the cabin and spelled out responses.

It's Kaben. Naruto has a surprise for you, and I am to transport you, unnoticed, to the location. He is not willing to accept dismissal of this offer. If you decline, he will come by and attempt to persuade you. Please avoid any further trouble.

Kaben waited for an audible response. But she was, instead, ambushed by several guards.

Kaben quickly displaced herself with a petal replicate. The guards gave chase into an open area of the woods. Kaben readied for combat as she opened a small sack of seeds on her side. She planted a blue seed and activated a jutsu.

"Germination!" A vine forced the seed into the soil and her chakra flowed through, speeding up the growth of the plant. A dozen, small blue tulips rose from the ground and sprouted into full growth.

"Ha, what are you going to do? Make bees come and kill us?"

"Chakra regeneration, my garden has many tricks." She opened her palm and a vine shot from under her long sleeves, burst through the earth, and wrapped around a guard's leg. She then pulled on the vine and pulled the guard through the ground and released her grasp, throwing him away from the battle. It was one on one.

The guard lunged at the girl. She dodged easily as she lightly struck his arm thrice. He turned and spun sharply, forcing a small wind to push her back. Kaben grabbed another seed form her pouch, a red one. She planted the seed and began the germination. The guard pressed his attack and leapt into a kick; Kaben blocked but couldn't keep her balance, forcing the next attack to come defenseless. The guard used his hand to transfer the motion into a sharp kick to her stomach. Pedaru fell to her knees and coughed up blood and a small amount of water. The guard seemed grossed out by the loss of water.

"It's sugar water, the life source of all plants." She placed her hand in the pool and used it to accelerate her jutsus germination. Nearly 30 roses rose from the ground and sprouted. Kaben then stood groggily to her feet, giving a small smile as she began another jutsu.

"Leaf Knife Jutsu!" The roses burst and the pedals stiffened as a vicious wind twirled them around the guard. Several cuts appeared as they tore his clothes and flesh, his screams muffled by the sharp wind. Kaben used a vine to pull the man out and latch him onto a tree. She then returned to her post, and began searching around.

"How did they find me?"

Hiashi appeared from the hut and looked up at the young flower girl. "You're on Hyuuga grounds, I could have you killed for this."

"You just tried, didn't you? Why hide the girl?"

Hiashi's eyes widened only slightly, fearing that this secret was slowly growing out of control. "It's not for a child's ears."

"Enlighten me. Or shall I talk to the plants in the house? I am sure they hear you grumble from time to time."

"Don't place yourself where you're not concerned girl. Remove yourself now and forget anything you know about this hut."

Kaben used a jutsu as she sat at her tree. Hiashi was unaware at what she was trying to pull. "Fine, but all I have to say is happy parenting." She left with a swing of her arm and headed of towards the academy.

Hiashi just stared angrily at the retreating girl as he took a step away from the hut. He stopped, not hearing the tears of a tortured young child. He quickly turned and burst through the door, forcing the petal clone of Hinata to drift with the shifting air. Hiashi couldn't hold in his frustration anymore. He quickly ran towards the plant child in heated pursuit.

Naruto waited at the entrance of the academy, tapping his foot rapidly, waiting for something to happen. When a giant pink flower appeared in the middle of the street, Naruto quickly ran up to it. It opened to reveal Hinata, her eyes twitching at the sudden light change, and the visage of the young girl

"Hey, welcome to school."

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Small translation error, I'm resubbmitting all chapters. No worries, it's just Pedaru's name, turns out it's a t not a d.