Chapter Thirteen

A/N: First and foremost I would like to say sorry that I have not updated any of my stories in awhile. I understand that I haven't updated any of my stories in the longest. Some haven't even been updated since last year, which I am terrible sorry about. I know that I have probably lost a lot of reviewers due to my absence from the site. I also have a bad habit of putting aside a story and making new stories and never finishing my other stories. So to all my readers, I just want to say that I'm sorry.

So with that said on with the story xD

The blue haired female yawned slightly as she was sitting down next to Toki as she listened to Takeshi talking blandly about his mission he had just came from with Raiden and Sasuke. "And it was really good. I mean Hinata-imooto you should have seen me, I was kicking ass back there" He stated loudly as he did a few kicks and punches into the air. Sasuke sighed and shook his head while looking at Takeshi.

"You idiot, quit your bragging" He grunted loudly glancing off to the side taking in a glimpse of Hinata noticing how happy she looked with Toki. He knew that things have been different lately between them since they had that talk but things still weren't the same as they use to be. He missed her…he missed her a lot.

"Well I want to go on a mission one of these days. I don't think it's fair that I can't go on a mission like you guys can" Hiei glared at everyone in the room. "If it were me I'd be kicking all the bad guy asses" He stated with a smirk. Hinata chuckled lightly as she looked at the young male.

"Heh, you're too young little brother" Takeshi grinned moving over to his younger but yet taller brother and he wrapped his arm around him hugging him tightly. "Gah! Get off of me!" Hiei protested trying his hardest move away from his caring older brother.

Raiden stood up from his seat looking at everyone in the room. "I'm going to go train, anyone who is up for a little sparring match knows where to find me" He exclaimed as he walked out of the room. Hiei soon pushed his brother off of him to follow Raiden. The red head smiled to himself thinking about his little brother. He knew how badly he wanted to train to become stronger. "Well Raiden is going to be up for a good match, my little brother is a very strong opponent…" He glanced over at Sasuke. "Perhaps almost as strong as you Sasuke" He smirked.

"Tch, whatever…" The Uchiha grunted looking over at Hinata once more before leaving the room himself. "Sasuke-kun wait for me" Suki whined as she ran after the raven haired male. Toki shook his head glancing over to Hinata.

"Your birthday is coming soon, you will be fifteen, ne?" Hinata smiled as she blushed slightly.

"Hai!"

He leaned forward softly planted a soft kiss on her temple causing Takeshi to stare at the two and a blush risen on his cheeks. "Awww you two are just so cute" He smiled widely running over towards the two hugging them both. Toki looked very annoyed by this action but said nothing about it as Hinata giggled.

"Takashi-niisan!" She exclaimed while laughing. The short male smiled nervously as he lets finally let go of them. "I'm sorry, I'm just so happy that you two are finally together. Just seeing Toki now in the state he is in…it makes me happy"

The couple looked at him in a confused way. "What do you mean?" Toki asked in a flat tone.

"Well, the look in your eyes says it all. Your very happy right now, ne?" He asked looking at him with a huge smile on his face with his eyes closed. Toki nodded his head looking over down at the blue haired female.

"Yes, I am very happy" He said lowly looking into her white eyes. She smiled and blushed. She was happy with Toki and she knew that he was as well. Although apart of her missed Sasuke, he had Suki now and there was nothing that she could do about it.

"I guess he found his one" She thought to herself. She was quickly brought out of her thoughts when she felt Toki pull her closer towards him. She looked up into his bloodshot eyes and smiled. Toki looked back over at Takashi as he stood up.

"I'm going to go train a little. Do I need supervision watching me?" He asked. Toki wasn't allowed to train alone since he first came with Orochimaru. The snake male didn't trust Toki because of his bloodlust, but noticed over the past year the purple haired male began to slowly clam down. And that's all thanks to Hinata. Toki was very thankful for her, if it had not been for her he would have already went on a killing rampage by now.

Takashi stood silently for awhile before answering the male. "Well I'll spar with you for a bit. But aren't you tired?" The red head groaned loudly. "We just came back from a very tiresome mission. Hell if I were to lay down right now, I'd fall asleep" He admitted while sighing loudly.

"Hn, well if you're being so lazy about it I'll go off and train myself" He then glanced down at his girlfriend leaning forward towards her face giving her a soft kiss on her lips. "I wish to speak with you later tonight" He whispered in her ear as he leaned away from her. She blushed deeply looking down quickly when she noticed Takeshi grinning widely at the two.

"Heh" He chuckled lightly to himself. "Well let's train Toki; I want to test out my new technique on you" He smirk. He knew that Toki wouldn't mind him testing out anything on him; the guy was strong enough not to get hurt seriously. The male nodded his head as he walked out the door. Once he was gone Takeshi looked over at Hinata as he passed by her towards the door.

"Hinata-imooto…"

Hinata turned to look over at him only to see his face wasn't looking in her direction but ahead. "H-Hai?"

"Toki…is very ill, I don't know if you know that or if he has ever told you. If he hasn't it's because he doesn't want you to worry about him. But please…look out for him for me, okay?" He asked her in a serious tone without turning his head to look at her. Hinata said nothing but stare in shock, she hadn't known that Toki was ill. She knew of his morning headaches but never thought much about it.

"Could his headaches but the cause of his illness?" She thought to herself. "A-Ano…I'll make sure to take good care of him nii-san"

He nodded his head as he walked out the door. He meant what he said about Toki, he was a very ill person almost very similar to Kimimaro. He knew that Toki most likely didn't have much time to live but he didn't want to tell Hinata that in fear of that she would began to worry even more so about Toki. Before Hinata was his caretaker it was him and he did fear Toki at first but the more he talked to him the more he began to understand him. Just like all of the ninja's who work for Orochimaru has most likely done something bad in there past to be here. Takeshi has done a lot of things in the past before he just decided to leave his village behind also leaving the one he loved dearly behind, his girlfriend.

Toki looked up to him like his mentor almost, the same goes for Kabuto. The red head didn't want anything bad to happen to Toki but he knew that Toki was slowly running out of time.

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Naruto paced back and fourth in front of Tsunade's office wondering rather or not should he walk in and ask her what he wanting to ask. As he was thinking he sensed a chakra that was coming near causing him to groan. "Ugh what is Nagi doing here?" He groaned to himself.

As soon as Nagi turned the corner and saw Naruto he smirked. "Aw Naruto have you seen my very cute girl-"

"No I haven't seen her! Got damn it Nagi! Geez" He yelled out in frustration at the white haired male who only stared at him in shock before he smirked to himself.

"Heh, he's so jealous" He grinned to himself mentally. "So what are you doing in the Hokage's tower anyways dobe?" he noticed how the blonde's facial expression became serious as he looked to the ground.

"It's none of your concern…you wouldn't know about it anyways…" He mumbled. As the two were standing there the door opened revealing Tsunade looking down at the blonde.

"What have I told you about making noise outside my door?" He glared down at the blonde.

"Gomen Obaa-san…" He murmured. Tsunade and Nagi looked at Naruto in shock, he was acting so strange lately and neither of them knew why.

"What's wrong Naruto?" She noticed how he looked up at her with a determined expression.

"I…I want to go on a mission to bring back Hinata-chan!" He yelled out in a determined tone. Tsunade's eyes widened when he said her name. No one knew if the young girl was even still alive, it had been two years already and not a word from anyone.

Nagi on the other hand had heard about Hinata from Sakura along with a few other ninja's. It seemed like she was one of the nicest girls out of the old rookie nine. The way people made he seem was as if she weren't fit to be a ninja.

"Naruto…we don't even know if she is alive. You could be going to look for her without any leads" She stated as she spoke in a soft tone to him.

"You don't know that yet. I have a feeling that she isn't dead…besides" He trailed off as he looked off to the side. "That day when we went to go find both Sasuke and Hinata, Kiba clearly said he smelled Hinata's scent on Sasuke. I think she's with him, I really do. I think he is hiding her from us"

"And why would the Uchiha do that, hm?" She asked in a conspicuous tone.

"Because…I know Sasuke he is my best friend but what I didn't know was that he and Hinata-chan were best friends. He-…he loves Hinata" He heard Tsunade gasp lightly as did Nagi. Nagi had heard about the Uchiha from Ino once saying how he reminded her of Sasuke since they both look so much alike and act in almost the same way despite the fact that Nagi seems to be girl crazy unlike what Sasuke was. He had also heard that this Sasuke guy was the same guy Sakura had loved for so many years only for him to ignore her. Nagi never had gotten that, he couldn't see how any guy could ignore Sakura. His ears perked back up as he continued listening to Naruto.

"He loves her a lot and I'm pretty sure after what I said to her that night they left it made her want to leave with Sasuke…so I'm sure Hinata-chan is with him" He explained while looking down at the ground as his fist tightened.

Tsunade remained silent for awhile before speaking. "I see…" She turned to Nagi who in returned looked at her. "I will allow you to go find Hinata but Nagi is to come with you"

"What?!" Both males said at the same time.

"He doesn't even know Hinata-chan! Why does he have to come" Naruto yelled out loudly while pointing an accusing finger at the male.

"And why can't I come? I can be some good help to you, baka" Nagi yelled back getting upset at the fact Naruto didn't want him to come.

"QUIET! The both of you" She yelled at the two. "Geez, Nagi will come to assist you Naruto, rather you like it or not. This mission will be between you and him, understood?" They both nodded they're heads. "Is anyone else were to know about this mission surely everyone would want in. So keep this to yourselves"

"Hai Obaa-san" He grinned widely.

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Nagi walked besides the blonde looking over at him as he opened his mouth to speak. "This Sasuke guy…Sakura use to like him, ne?" He asked in a unsure tone. Naruto looked over at him and slowly nodded his head.

"Yeah...but he would never give her the time or day. It use to hurt me to see her in such pain that he caused her. Once when Sasuke was in the hospital and when walked in to visit him to see Sasuke kissing Hinata, we all were so shocked, we didn't even know how to react. Sakura-chan was very hurt when she saw that. To see the one you love so much kiss someone else…she was hurt badly. I remember yelling at Sasuke about how much he hurts Sakura by the way he treats her. He acted as if he didn't care, that pissed me off more. During the time I couldn't see what he saw in Hinata-chan that he didn't see in Sakura-chan. But then I saw it, I started to notice Hinata-chan more and more to the point where I found myself to love her. But I didn't want to tell her so I told her I didn't like her and other things which lead Sasuke to get pissed at me and punch me. That was the last time I saw Hinata-chan, heh" He chuckled sadly to himself.

"So this Hinata must be a beauty, ne? She's related to that Neji guy right?"

Naruto nodded his head to both questions. "Yeah…"

Nagi looked ahead as he continued walking. "Don't worry, we'll find her and we'll bring her back home" He turned to look at the male as he smirked.

The blonde seemed to be in shock for a few seconds but he then nodded his head. "Right!" He grinned.

The two nodded they're heads as they finally made they're way to towards the Konoha gate and walked outside the gate on they're mission to find and bring back Hyuga Hinata.

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Sasuke stared outside watching from afar where he could see Raiden and Hiei sparring as Toki and Takeshi weren't too far away sparring themselves. He didn't want' to admit it but he was lonely. He lost Suki and Hinata. Sure he and Hinata were still friends but he wanted to be with her. He was happy for her and wanted her to be happy. But she wanted him to be happy with him, not with anyone else. He sighed softly to himself, lately he has been having a feeling that something will happen. He didn't know if it was going to be good or bad but he knew it was something.

"Hey" He turned around to see Hinata smiling at him. He returned the smile and turned so his body was fully facing her.

"Yo, what brings you here?" He asked with a smirk on his face. She shook her head walking closer over towards him towards the window.

"We haven't been spending that much time together and I just wanted to a-ano…hang out more" She stated looking out the window at Toki and Takeshi as she smiled to herself. Sasuke noticed the smile causing him to frown a bit.

"Sure, I don't mind that. You should know that I don't Hina-chan" He stated. He knew that she missed bring around him just as much as he had. "You know…how about we all go out. You birthday is coming up, we should go off somewhere for awhile" He paused hating to say what he was about to say. "Maybe Toki and the other could come along with us" He grunted out with a sour smile on his face.

Hinata giggled while looking at him. She knew that he didn't really want that but was just trying to prove to her that he could handle being around them.

"O-Okay and you could b-bring along S-Suki-chan if you would like"

"Yeah I guess…between me and you, we broke up earlier today" He laughed nervously while scratching the back of her head. Hinata's eyes widened at the shocking news.

"W-What happened?" She asked in concern as she reached out to rest her hand on his shoulder.

"Eh, I'd rather not talk about it. So please don't worry about it okay Hina-chan?" He smiled sadly at her. He didn't want her to know that the reason they broke up was because of her. Well it wasn't her fault but it was mainly because he still loved her and Suki saw that and couldn't take it anymore.

She nodded her head understanding what he was probably going through. "I guess I still have to look for that one, ne?" He smiled at her. She smiled sadly back at him.

"Come let's go ask the others if they want to come with us" She nodded her head and followed the raven out the door.

Once the pair made it outside they looked over to notice Raiden had left and it was just Hiei who was sprawled out on the ground heaving. "Hiei-kun, are you okay?" Hinata asked as she walked over towards him.

The blacked haired male quickly sat up sitting Indian style on the ground. "That Raiden is really powerful. Those lightening attacks were something…I couldn't even do a move because apparently he was reading my mind and knew what I was going to do before I even do it" He groaned loudly. "He wasn't playing fair at all"

Hinata giggled while the Uchiha merely rolled his eyes. "Where are your loud mouth brother and the crazy one?" He asked while looking around. Both Hiei and Hinata frowned at the looked at the raven haired male.

"Toki-kun isn't crazy!"

"My brother isn't loud!"

They both said at the same time causing the male to smirk to himself. "Well? Where are they?" He asked once more.

"I don't know, they were sparring together and the next thing I knew they left" Hiei looked at him curiously. "Why do you want to know anyways? Planning on trying to take on my brother and Toki? Well if so, you're going to have to go through me first. And trust me I'm ready to kick your-" Before he could even finish his sentence Sasuke had sent Hiei the worst glare imaginable causing the year younger male to keep quiet.

"Ah, here they come" Hinata said cheerfully, as she walked over towards Toki blushing shyly at him as she looked to the ground. Takeshi smirked and shook his head at the two.

"Oi, where did you two go off to?" Hiei yelled at his older brother.

"We had to talk business, that's private. So no more questions" He stated seriously. When the red head was serious no one questioned anything and knew not to speak a word unless they were told to. The male had quite a temper which everyone knew but he had begun to change once he met Hinata.

He looked over at Sasuke and parted his lips to speak. "What do you want?" He asked causing the Uchiha to frown.

"I didn't want anything" He glared not being able to get himself to ask them did they want to hang out until Hinata's birthday came. Hinata sighed as she went over to Takeshi and tugged on his sleeve causing him to look over at her.

"What is it Hinata-imooto?" He smiled softly at her.

"A-Ano…is it okay if we left the hideout for awhile? I mean all of us…u-until my birthday came?" She asked nervously. Toki, Hiei and Takeshi all stared at her for awhile before the red head spoke.

"Sure did you ask Orochimaru-sama?" She shook her head indicating that she had not. He sighed. "Well if you want Toki to come you should know that we have to ask Orochimaru-sama. He doesn't let the guy out only if we have a mission" He stated glancing over at the male.

"Oh…" She said sadly. She had forgetting all about that. She looked over at Toki and noticed his expression, still expressionless but it held a emotion of something she couldn't quite figure out in his eyes.

"Takeshi will watch me" He said causing the short male eye's to widen.

"B-But we don't even know if Orochimaru-sama would even let you go. Even if I am watching you I'd-" He stopped noticing how everyone was looking at him in a pleading way even Sasuke. He sighed loudly as he pouted. "Fine, I'll ask him, got damn it!" He yelled marching inside the hideout.

Hinata smiled as she looked up at Toki. He raised his hand to caress her cheek causing Hiei and Sasuke to frown.

"Do you have to be all mushy around her in front of people? No one wants to see that" Hiei snapped. Hinata blushed deeply as she hid her face on Toki's chest. Toki rested his hand on the back of her head.

"I'm merely showing my affection to her. Anyone who doesn't like it shouldn't watch" He stated to Hiei. The black haired male pouted while folding his arms. Sasuke just shook his head turning his head over when he saw Takeshi coming out the door along with Suki.

"He said its fine, just to keep an eye out on you. So you better not do anything stupid out there Toki" Takeshi warned the taller male. The light purple haired male just nodded his head. He has never talked back to Takeshi because he knows that the short male means well and he wouldn't do anything to harm him. He reached down and grabbed Hinata's hand and noticed the smile on her face. He wanted so badly to smile back at her but he couldn't get himself to do it, he wasn't use to smiling since he hasn't done it in so long now.

Suki looked over at Sasuke and noticed him watching Toki and Hinata intently. She knew that he loved her dearly. She knew that the two were best friends but she knew nothing of they're past and how they were before they came here, but she didn't want to be second to the female Hyuga anymore. Not that she didn't like Hinata, she adored the shy girl but she was just jealous over the fact that Hinata clearly cares more for Toki than Sasuke but the raven haired male just couldn't seem to get Hinata out his mind. She sighed softly to herself.

"So you guys are leaving for awhile?" She asked trying to break the silence that had started after Takeshi finished talking. They all looked at her as Sasuke decided to speak since no one else seemed like they were going to anytime soon.

"Just for a few days until Hinata-chan's birthday"

"Your m-more than welcomed to come Suki-chan" Came Hinata's voice as she smiled at the girl Suki stared at Hinata for a few moments looking over at Takeshi who just nodded saying that it was okay if she came.

She smiled as they all began walking to who knew where for the time being but what they didn't know was a certain blonde haired ninja was nearby.

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Okay I'm terribly sorry for my late update on this story, half of you probably forgot all about this story. I know with all my chapters that I have ye to finish I have lost a lot of readers but I'm trying my best to update my stories.

The next story I plan on updating is the epilogue to "Falling for you" called "Finally with you" the most recent one. And then after that "Only You" and then back to "Who Should I Choose" which I have recently updated last month.

So I have tons of stories to update.

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