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Chapter 14 When morning comes it'll be too late…

Sasuke's P.O.V.

"So what's with you're eyes?" I ask Hinata. She looks at me with a confused expression. "Why are they that lavender color? And how come you don't have pupils?"

"Uhh…"

"Many years ago, the first Hyuga child had caught an entirely newly developed disease."

Everyone looks at Neji, yet his eyes are closed in thought. When he does decide to open them, his pale orbs are glossy, his thoughts far away from the current time.

"Oh yeah! I remember that story!" Hinata exclaims. "Once the Hyuga child, Micato I think his name was, caught the disease, his eyes were closed shut, and he was rendered blind. The doctors all thought that the virus ate away at his eyes, and practically glued them shut, but because they could not find any trace of the virus in his blood, they had no idea of what really happened." Hinata takes a deep breath before continuing.

"Anyway, Micato was never able to open his eyes for the first eight years of his life. But, when he turned nine, he managed to pry them open. But instead of his eyes being blue, like what he had had before as an infant, his eyes were a pale lavender. Like what we have. The doctors examined him, but there was no trace of the virus left. If it weren't for his eyes, no one would believe that he ever had the disease.

"Through time, Micato's vision became clear, but not ordinary. He was able to see 10 times sharper then everyone else, and he could see distances that no one could without looking through a telescope. In the end, he thought that his vision was actually a blessing, instead of a curse.

"When Micato had kids of his owns, they all inherited the same type of eyes he had. Only they were able to use their vision better. They trained themselves to only use their special vision when they needed it; a special trait is what they called it. And when they had completely mastered their eyesight, they called it the Byakugan."

Hinata finishes her story with a deep exhale of breath. Probably from holding it in for so long.

Everyone is quiet, a first in my book, while Hinata turns a deep shade of red.

The silence is wonderful and I actually thought that we could walk the rest of the way in this beautiful quiet. But Naruto had to go and ruin the best time.

"Then shouldn't you and Neji be brother and sister?"

"The first grandchild of Micato had married a regular woman without the Byakugan. So their children didn't have the Byakugan either. When his wife died, Tayuka had found some distant relatives that had also inherited the Byakugan. So Tayuka remarried Sakuni, his fifth cousin. Their children had the Byakugan, so everyone figured that, in order for the bloodline to continue, Hyuga member needed to marry other Hyuga members. Hinata's late father and my father were twin siblings."

Neji's explanation seems to have gotten Naruto even more confused.

"Neji, that's the most I've ever heard out of you," Lee says incredulously.

"Hn."

"That's the Neji we know!" TenTen yells.

Neji seems to be completely ignoring his friends as he starts walking again. Everyone takes after his lead, and we walk straight through the town.

20 minutes later, Sakura says she needs to go.

"I'll walk with you Sakura," Naruto proudly states.

After they walk away, our group continues to get smaller. Finally, it is only Neji, Hinata, and me.

We are at the fork that separates the town from our homes. Hinata seems nervous since Nejiis starring at her, so I step in. "Shouldn't you be going somewhere Hyuga?"

Neji gives me a glare, and returns to looking at Hinata.

-Sigh- "I should be home by now. Father will have my head for being so late." He turns to leave, but then stops and says, "Hinata, if anything ever happens, you know that you can tell me, alright?"

Hinata bites her lower lip, but still manages to look the older Hyuga straight in the eye.

"Thank you Neji-nii. T-that m-means a lot."

Neji gives a half smile, then leaves.

I walk up to Hinata and wrap my arm around her shoulder in a semi ackward/reassuring embrace. She turns to cry into my shirt as I lead her home. Hinata manages to calm and collect herself before we get too close, and she leaves my arms.

Somehow, it gets a bit colder all of a sudden.

"Sasuke…thanks."

I turn to Hinata, and give her a confused look.

"For making sure I was alright. For coming with me to the doctor's. For everything that you've done."

I give her a small smile. "It was nothing. Now get home and I'll see you tomorrow."

Hinata nods, and turns to leave. But before she can run home, I stop her. I wrap my arms around her small, fragile body, and whisper into her ear, "Be careful."

I let go of her, but she doesn't leave. Instead, she turns toward me, gives me a small but passionate kiss, and runs away with a blush on her face.

Heat rises to my cheeks as I walk away. That minute went much too fast; it shouldn't have ended that quickly. But it was wonderful all the same.

Now I'm starting to sound like Sakura.

I walk back home in a daze, but Hinata's return home stays in the back of my mind all the while.

She'll be alright…I know she will.