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Chapter 35:
Hinata slid into her gentle fist stance. If he wanted to fight a Hyuuga he would get the beating only a Hyuuga could dish out. The boy nodded but still just stood there, Hinata shrugged it off as a bluffing technique and came at him full force. Her palm flew at his arm pumped with Chakra; however he caught her wrist and even though she was able to send shockwaves through his arm her chakra never reached him. Quickly she pulled her wrist from him only to find a sticky black membrane surrounding her wrist. She tried again with her other hand and got the same result. The membrane unsettled her but she kept a straight face as she tried for the second time to hit him with a chakra filled palm. However unlike the last time this one struck the mark.
A small smile flitted across her face but was soon replaced with a look of horror contorting her features. The black sticky substance tightened around her wrists and sent a shockwave of chakra through her arms making them shake as her opponent stood unharmed. Blinking back a few tears she tried again, putting all she had into it and when she struck the young man this time the after effect was so great on her she lost control of her arms and they dropped to her sides.
"Would you like me to tell you about that black goop on your writs?" the boy asked, receiving a glare in return. "It's my own device; it blocks your chakra from going anywhere past your wrists then directs it back through you."
"So basically you're telling me that my gentle fist has no use on you?" Hinata asked.
"Of course," he said shrugging. "I'm glad my jutsu was able to hold, it's only three days in the making after all."
The Hyuuga's eyes widened slightly but other than that kept her face blank. A jutsu that only took a few days to create defeated her clan jutsu that took generations to perfect was supposed to be impossible.
"You should be grateful to me." He said suddenly. "It would be embarrassing to ask the Kazekage to take in someone who is so easily defeated."
Hinata's face flushed red in anger. However her white eyes turned sad as she realized that she had gotten angry at Gaara for no reason at all and now he would probably never talk to her again.
"Don't worry." The boy said suddenly catching Hinata's attention again. "I'll make it so you have an honorable death."
Akihiko ran at her faster then she had expected and held a kunai at the ready. The cold metal was about to be scraped across her skin when he was hit hard in the groin and he flew backwards. Hinata straightened and turned back towards the young man shaking her right leg as
if to stretch it out. Slowly he stood wincing at the stinging pain. Shaking his head he ran again, this time instead of using a weapon he poised his fist. Just as he face was about to be hit her leg came up and blocked him.
"What is this?!"He growled. "Hyuuga's aren't trained in normal Taijutsu!"
"I am not just a Hyuuga!" Hinata snapped letting her leg fall and hitting him in the side with the other. "I am Hinata Hyuuga! And I KNOW TAIJUTSU!" she cried the last part as she attempted to drop kick him.
He caught her leg at the last moment but still buckled a little under the pressure. Hinata jumped away to avoid any close range attacks. He smirked before dashing towards her, but Hinata was ready she was able to block with her leg again praying that the feeling would return to her arms soon. He smirked at her as she winced a bit as he applied pressure.
"You may be a Hyuuga and know Taijutsu and I'll admit that that caught me by surprise, demo your teacher must have never taught you the most important rule of fist fighting," he said leaning more of his weight on her.
"What's that?" Hinata asked good naturedly, pushing back a little.
"Men are stronger than women." He said as he knocked her leg away.
Hinata felt something pull in her leg and she limped a bit backwards as she tried to regain the grip on herself. But he wouldn't wait for her and tried to tackle her. The Hyuuga dodged for a second but was soon pinned on the ground underneath Akihiko. He held her face with one hand as he held her wrists with the other.
"You actually put up a pretty good fight." He complimented.
Instead of saying something Hinata tried to devise a plan. Akihiko noticed the calculating look in her eyes so he slammed her head on the ground making her vision swim.
"Hey don't be getting ideas ok." He said. "Demo can I ask you a question?"
"Well it seems that in my current position you can ask me anything you want." Hinata retorted trying to distract him.
"Why do you love the Kazekage?" he asked.
"I-I don't love him!" Hinata said blushing brightly.
"Your face seems to say differently," He commented, drawing a kunai after releasing her face.
"Well I do l-love him" Hinata said blushing an even deeper shade of red. "Demo not like in love love. More like a brother."
"Good because I was going to say that you were an idiot for loving a beast like that." He said holding the kunai to her throat and preparing to slit it.
"What do you mean?" she asked hotly, the prospect of death far away from her mind.
"He has the sand demon Shukaku inside him." He said bringing the kunai closer to her neck.
"Yes but that's not his fault." Hinata countered.
"He killed hundreds of people." The boy retorted. "He needs to be locked up! After I finish here I'll do just that."
Suddenly Hinata raised her hand and smacked him hard across the face. He blinked in surprise for a few minutes.
"That's YOUR fault!" Hinata cried. "Scum like you treated him with hate when he was a child and that is why he turned out that way! So all that blood and death is on your hands not his!"
"Shut up!" he cried whipping out the kunai again.
Hinata's pupil-less eyes turned darker and darker as he accused her more and more.
"You're a monster just like him!" Akihiko cried stabbing her in the shoulder.
Hinata screamed in pain and tears threatened to leak from her tightly closed lids. Another few moments passed for Hinata and just as the Hyuuga was about to open her eyes another blade was stabbed deeply into her other shoulder. A choked scream came out and this time her eyes were open in shock. Akihiko held a katana over his head directly over Hinata's stomach and that was when everything went black.
--Page Break--
Gaara sprinted with his siblings and elite Guard in the surrounding forest of the mist village.
"Gaara?" Temari asked, noticing her brother's careless distracted leaps in the trees.
"Hmm?" Gaara answered looking towards his sister.
"Is there something wrong?" Temari asked again.
"No," Gaara said stern.
"Does it have something to do with Hinata?" she asked again ignoring her brother's previous lie.
The red head missed the next branch due to his sisters shocking question. But thanks to his sand he was able to regain his composure and keep the pace.
"Are you guys mad at each other?" Temari asked never ceasing with the questions.
"Ask her." Gaara growled.
"Well I need to tell you something about her," she said nervously.
"What?" Gaara asked less then enthused.
"She gave me a note to give to you, when I was returning to Suna." She said slowly. "Demo, I lost it on the way here."
Gaara glared at her for a few minutes before focusing back on the trail he was taking.
"I didn't think it was something important!" Temari tried to make an excuse.
"So you mean that she was mad at me because I didn't get the letter you lost?" Gaara said trying to control his anger.
"Hai!" Temari said wincing.
But instead of her brother being furious she heard a strange noise come from him. Her eyes snapped open and she couldn't help the look of wonderment on her face. Because she could have sworn that the noise that had come from her brother was the closest thing to a laugh she would ever here. His steps now were confident and focused so she knew she had to have lifted his spirits a little bit.
"Kazekage-sama!" One of his Jounin's cried frantically from up a head.
"What?" he barked as he sped up to see the problem.
The Jounin merely pointed and his eyes were drawn to a vaguely familiar red headed girl who was half conscious.
"She's been calling for you for over ten minutes." One Jounin pointed out.
"What is it?" he asked the girl.
"Black with red clouds." She mumbled. "After Hina…"
But the girl wasn't able to finish before she passed out. Gaara immediately stood and turned towards his sister.
"You're in charge." He said throwing the scroll at her before disappearing in a swirl of sand.
"What is Temari-chan?" Matsuri asked, coming just in time to see her sensei disappear.
"Hinata's in trouble." The blonde said before taking charge.
--Page Break--
Hinata would never have said she had an out of body experience until now. It seemed like she was watching someone in her body beating the young man before her into a bloody pulp.
'Stop it!' she tried to say as one of her fists came crashing down on the young man's nose. 'Stop it now!'
But no matter how loud she screamed or cried there was still no stopping the assault the face before her became a mangled bloody mess, hardly recognizable. His eyes swollen shut, a constant bloody nose and his lips split forming slowly into pleading words that fell on deaf ears. Next the fists moved onto the chest cavity and began to pound on that as well. His breathing was being slowed and labored, he was dying.
'Stop it!' Hinata said feeling tears actually start to fall down her cheeks. 'Stop or you're going to kill him!'
Pain rocketed through her skull and Hinata sound that she was once more in control over her body. She rolled off the young man and lay on the ground clutching her head, not knowing what was causing her such pain. Soon she realized her Byakugan was on and the pain was from the after effects of the young man's jutsu. She turned it off and was able to sit up as the pain slowly subsided. Her white eyes were drawn to the young man struggling in his own blood trying to survive. Bile rose in her throat and she had to back away from him. Bumping lightly into something she stopped and looked up, met with aqua eyes brimming with feelings.
"Gaara-kun?" Hinata asked.
A light pat on her head assured her that he was really there and she leapt at him sobbing hard onto his shoulder.
"I killed him!" she sobbed. "I killed him!"
"No you didn't," Gaara said. "He is still alive. You can still save him."
"Demo I can't look at him!" Hinata cried.
"Then you really did kill him." Gaara said unfeeling.
Hinata looked into his eyes for any type of reassurance but found only instead a blank face. Slowly she turned and watched the young man fighting to survive.
"As long as you can face what you've done and can try to make it better you are no monster." Gaara said giving her confidence.
She fell to her knees and crawled next to Akihiko and she began to clean the blood of his face and apply ointment to his cuts. Gaara felt a strange sense of pride that she actually tried to fix what she had done, something he had never been able to do so easily. He then noticed a letter lying on the ground next to the young man's foot. The Kazekage picked it up and pocketed it just as Hinata finished all she could do.
"He'll be okay now." Hinata said, smiling a little to herself, proud she was able to fix what she had done.
"The Akatsuki is here," Gaara said suddenly catching all of the Hyuuga's attention.
"Really? Do we know where they are?" Hinata asked.
"No but our source says somewhere near you." Gaara said.
"Demo I didn't feel any of their chakra," she said matter of factly.
"Then what did she mean by 'after Hina'?" Gaara wondered out loud.
"While I was in their captivity they said something about the demons, like Shukaku and the nine tailed fox." Hinata said absently.
Gaara looked at her and she met his eyes with wide white ones.
"Oh no! Naruto-kun!" and both of them were off.
--Page Break--
"I hope Hinata's okay." Sakura said anxiously.
"She'll be fine." Shino said. "She is strong."
"That may be true but she has been gone a long time." Naruto said leading the group.
"S-Sasuke!" Sakura choked out, making Naruto stop dead in his tracks.
The blonde whipped around and saw that standing before them was the famous Kisame Hoshigoki and instead of Sasuke Uchiha he came face to face with Itachi Uchiha.
A/N: yeah I kind of ruined the romanticness between Hinata and Gaara but we are getting there! I hope you all like this and will stick with me till the end! Oh and after this fic I want to start a new one but I need a couple to write about. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!