Alright everyone here is chapter two! I hope you all enjoy it. Like I said it is not as long as the last one. I am going to try and keep them at this length. As always please review and let me know if i have made any errors! Thanks all!

The forest had grown thicker as Hinata Kiba, and of course the now much larger Akamaru had ventured further and further hoping to reach the border of a smaller village soon.

Over the years both Hinata and Kiba had grown into their more adult bodies. While Kiba had not changed much in his style of clothing his body had become that of a man's. It was athletically built and had very little fat on him. Hinata on the other hand had not only changed in her physical features but she had also changed in her style of dress. Gone was the black tights and large jacket that hid her figure. In its place was a deep purple jacket that hugged her figure and when its sleeves reached her wrist they flared outward. She then had on purple pants that hugged her legs tightly and flared at the foot which show cased her black ninja shoes. Both the jacket and pants had a streak of silver in the linings.

They had been sent on a simple mission to talk to some of the farmers in the village in regards to the fact that they had recently stopped trade with Konoha. The smaller village was a big supply of a few vegetables and fruits that could only be grown on that land.

Shino was unable to venture with his team as his bugs had somehow found a new plant to munch on and it made most of them ill which in turn made him unusable for the time being.

As in usual fashion both Kiba and Akamaru were playing around in the forest as they continued their travels. There was a hardly a time when you couldn't find those two finding some way to goof off.

Hinata was keeping with their pace but, as most everyone had become accustomed to, she remained completely silent. She had spoken very little to anyone around the village since the last time she spoke with Naruto. This new found silence just added to her already quiet demeanor.

Many of her fellow shinobi had attempted to talk to her but no one was able to get through to her. Kiba and Shino were the only ones who were even able to get a fake smile out of her. Sakura had even tried to talk to the poor girl but it was to no avail.

Kiba continued to play with Akamaru as they ran through the forest but he often looked back at Hinata in worry. She was his teammate and good friend. He cared for her and wished that he could try and cheer her up

I wonder if Hinata will ever be the same as she used to be? Thought Kiba. I never got the full story about what had happened that night. I don't think anyone has. Its getting into her head too much. If she keeps this up I don't think that Tsunade will keep her as a ninja. If that were to happen….Kami only knows what her father would do…

Just as Kiba had finished his thought he noticed that Hinata was now looking at him. He suddenly turned around and shook his head trying to clear out all of the worry and confusion.

Hinata recognized that face of worry. Everyone who knew her had it lately. To her it was getting frustrating. She had truly and honestly just wanted to be left alone and let fate take its course.

"So Hinata you paid more attention to that report on what we were doing than what I did. What exactly are we doing?" Kiba asked. He was lying of course. He had read the report enough to know that this mission was important but shouldn't be any trouble even for a genin.

Hinata looked at him blankly. She knew that he was lying in order to try and start a conversation. She decided to amuse him anyway.

"The village that we are headed to is a small one but it is very prosperous" said Hinata. "They are most know for the growing of many fruits and vegetables that cannot be grown anywhere else in the land of fire. Normally they bring many a caravan to Konoha to trade their goods with us, but recently no one from there has come to the village. It is more the people worried than Tsunade but she has decided that it may be worth looking into. That's why she sent us to see if the village was ok Kiba."

She put a some angry emphasis on his name. He was a little shaken that Hinata would try and be threatening towards him. He merely looked at her again and begun playing with Akamaru again.

It was then that Hinata noticed that more and more sunlight was making it through the treas. They would soon reach the border and if they hurried they should make it home just before nightfall.

"Well it's about time that we started getting close. Any more longer and I might have just rode Akamaru the rest of the way!" said Kiba with a small smile hoping to put some humor in the situation.

With a rather irritated bark Akamaru replied to his master.

"What do you mean I've put on some weight! You're the one who has almost tripled if not quadrupled in size!"

Akamaru just glared at him.

Hinata couldn't help but smile on the inside but she had no will to show it or to even laugh.

Once they arrived they only took about twenty minutes in the village for them to find the reason why the village had stopped trade.

Their crops were not growing. They always had a limited amount of water that they could use on the crops each year and they always had to wait for the rain to replenish the water. There had been a recent drought in the area. They had little to no water in the village.

Kiba began to walk out of the village at a quickened pace.

"The was possibly the biggest fucking waist of time! They could have sent a letter saying they were going through a damn drought! Gah!"

Akamaru was also just as irritated as his master. He could have stayed home today and gotten a head start on enjoying a fresh new bone that Kiba had gotten for him.

"Oh shut it Kiba. These people need water. Now we can tell Tsunade to send in some help from the village" retorted Hinata.

Kiba only looked at her, grunted, and then stormed off.

As Kiba and Akamaru continued to walk off with steam coming out of their ears Hinata couldn't shake the feeling that they were being watched.

She decided to shake the feeling and continue with her partners in hopes of being home soon.

They all three ran at a quick pace towards home. They were all oblivious to their surroundings. So oblivious that they didn't notice the kunai with an explosive tag on it until it was too late.

The trio was sent flying back in different directions. Akamaru's front leg hit a tree causing one of them to break and to send him flying in a spiral. Kiba had been thrown back into a large pit of mud. Unfortunately his head hit a stone and it deemed him unconscious. Hinata on the other hand, even though she had been sent into a tree, only had the wind knocked out of her.

Hintat began to look around not only to see her assailant but to also see what had happened to her partners. Within seconds she had activated her Byakugan.

"I think that you are going to be some fun prey" said a voice from somewhere in the surrounding area. "Oooh and look at the body. I might just have some fun with it after I kill you."

A second later another three kunai came from separate directions, each of them heading towards Hinata.

She was able to dodge two of them but to her dismay the third scrapped across her thigh leaving a rather large gash.

She found her footing again but still couldn't seem to find her attacker.

It was then that she began to feel strange. Her knees were beginning to weaken and her vision was becoming blurred.

"Ah so I see that my poison has started to take effect. Maybe I will be able to have fun with you before you die" said the voice again in a rather high pitched tone.

Hinata knew that she was in trouble. She was alone fighting someone that she could not see, her two partners were incapacitated at the moment, as well as the fact that she was now poisoned.

As she began to think through her options a cloaked figure flew down from the trees.

The cloak was so long and dark that she couldn't tell what this person looked like at all.

The figure began to draw closer and closer to her. She couldn't move her feet at all at this point. The poison was just too strong for her.

Soon she began to fall to her knees and before she knew it she was lying on her back completely unable to move and only half conscious.

"Don't die on me yet. I thought that you were going to put up more of a fight?" said the figure that was now standing over her.

The figure reached down and placed his hand behind her head and slowly began to lift her up.

Hinata could now see the figures mouth but that was it. Anything else for the most part was a blur.

She tried to move any part of her body to fight back but it was useless.

The figure slowly bent closer and closer to Hinata. With every centimeter he began to glow blue. It was a dark blue. Nothing like she had ever seen before.

The figure leaned into her neck.

Hinata wanted to scream as she fealt and incredible pain in her neck.

Kiba began to show some signs of life.

"Hinata….Akamaru…what the hell…where are you guys" said Kiba in a raspy voice.

He looked around and saw Akamaru in the distance. He was still breathing, but what he saw next would be an image that would be burned into his mind forever.

Hinata was lying helplessly with some figure over her biting her neck. On top of that there was a strange blue aura around the figure and it seemed to flow into Hinata.

Kiba sprang into action. He quickly grabbed a kunai from his pouch and threw it at the figure. It hit its target perfectly.

The figure arched back letting go of Hinata and screamed in pain. It looked back quickly and noticed that Kiba was now awake.

With a quick grunt of anger the figure vanished.

Kiba got up and ran over to Hinata.

"Hinata! Hinata! Speak to me say something at all!" Kiba shouted to the seemingly lifeless Hyuuga.

I gotta get them both back to the village. Tsunade will know what to do! Thought Kiba.

He quickly picked up Hinata into his arms and ran over to Akamaru.

"Can ya move boy? Do I need to carry you too?" asked Kiba

Akamaru being the bold and brave dog he was stood on three legs and barked at his master.

Kiba nodded to Akamaru and began his sprint back to Konoha, Akamaru not too far behind. He jumped from branch to branch. He had never put out so much effort into running. In the back of his mind he wished Lee had been there. He was much faster than Kiba and could have gotten Hinata to safety faster.

Kiba took a quick glance down to see Hinata's face. She seemed to be fading and fast.

"Just stay with me Hinata. Ill get you home" said Kiba short breathed.

Hinata could hear him but his voice was fading. She was feeling rather tired. Maybe if she closed her eyes for a few minutes…

Kiba looked down to see her eyes roll into the back of her head.

"Hinata? HINATA!" screamed Kiba

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