Yay!!!!!! New chapter!! Woooot! I was able to post it and I didn't take as long as I usually do –sticks tongue out in embarrassment- anyway. I really would like to thank you guys, who reviewed and the ones who gave this story a favourite or a story alert. I really appreciate that you like or are taking time to read my story. I really hope you like this new chapter and I was hoping to say something too. Please read and review, k? –Does the cute look- Also I do not own Naruto, something that I know that you guys are aware off. Well enjoy!
"Where am I?"
"You are in the Konoha medical institute" Tsunade replied smiling.
"How long have I been here?"
"An year and two weeks" Tsunade replied again.
"… Why am I here?"
"You were in coma" Neji answered.
"The final question is… who am I?" Hinata said as she looked at the floor, startling all the others in the room… Tsunade was wide eyed along with the other two and Hinata sighed.
"I'm waiting" she said as she looked around. They returned to earth and looked down.
"You are Hyuuga Hinata… ex-heiress of the Hyuuga clan" the white-eyed boy stated.
"You were kidnapped at the age of eight by Uchiha Itachi and this is your first visit to the village on these seven years" Sakura said. Nothing that they had said brought memories… except those last words.
// "to increase your resistance we will leave you here alone for a week. This is a forest known as the devil's nest. No person who has gone in has come back, except for us. Now. You will not have anything to help you with and you can't eat nor sleep"
"Are you crazy! That's not possible!! No one can do that without dying!! I will need the strength and stamina, how can I-"
"NO more comments. Leave now. If you fail this you know what punishment will happen"
"My back is already injured… does it have to be that punishment?"
"Yes, if you complete the exercise you won't go through it so complete it" a guy with orange hair finished and walked away, leaving the girl to hold onto her hurt back, that was bleeding heavily. Black onyx eyes looked her way and he approached her. He took off her shirt as she covered her breasts and he applied an ointment and soon he bandaged her chest.
"You can do it. Just prove it to him" he said smiling. Her heart began to beat faster as he smiled warmly at her, making her flush a scarlet red//
"Uh…" she held onto her head and sat down. The others were in alert soon and rushed towards her.
"Hinata, are you okay?!" Sakura asked.
"Uh, yeah, just fine. So I'm a Hyuuga?... then please tell me your names, given that you know more about me than I know myself"
"The woman over there is called Tsunade; she's the Hokage of the village, the best medic in the village. The girl beside her is Haruno Sakura, her apprentice, also your medic and I am Hyuuga Neji… your cousin" Hinata looked around, an eyebrow cocked and sighed.
"Yeah as I thought, it didn't ring a bell. If you are right about this Uchiha Itachi then why don't I feel hatred when I mention him?" she asked.
"Apparently you became… fond of him"
"Where is him? I'd like to speak to him if I could"
"he's not in this village… he's a missing-nin" Tsunade said as she looked away.
"… Okay… then I am supposed to believe that people that haven't seen me since seven years ago know something about me?" she sharply asked.
"We want you to stay in this village and we can help you recover your memory" Sakura said, holding her hand. Hinata looked at her and then her hand being held by her.
"… I'll stay with the condition that you help me recover my memory. If you do it successfully and tell me even the parts you want to avoid I will stay here. If it takes to long before my memory returns I will leave and find the so-called Uchiha Itachi.
"it's a fair deal" Tsunade said, surprising the two teens.
"Also, it seems that my body is sore. I want to train… I am a shinobi, of that I'm sure, so I want you to gather your best ninjas. I want to warm up" with that she sat on the chair and stood quiet.
"Hinata, do you want to stay here?" Sakura asked.
"I apparently do not have much choice, you do have me guarded by ANBU, I already know of the three hidden outside the window, two in front of the door and in a radius of 100m there are 30 ANBU, along with 12 chuunins, 5 jounins" she said as she stood up and laid down on the bed, not opening her eyes.
"Tsunade-sama I want to be her guardian. I can help her in the recovery of her memory since I am the only one she recognized; she recognized my voice after all"
"What do you feel about this Hinata?"
"… I don't want to stay here. It's boring and I doubt you will let me go out"
"You will have to come for check ups, unless, Sakura, would you make her daily check-ups?" Tsunade asked, looking at her thrilled apprentice.
"Yes, Tsunade-sama I offer to do them" she smiled to Hinata who just looked at her impassively.
"Then I think it is fine. I do have to control your charka though and you will have to report to me every single thing about Hinata" Hinata looked at them and stood up, standing taller than Sakura and Tsunade, though a little bit smaller than Neji.
"I need clothes" she stated plainly looking at the door bored.
"Um, I have some extra clothes in my locker, let me get them" she soon went out the room, leaving Neji and Tsunade with Hinata.
"Have you gotten some of your memory back?" Tsunade asked, remembering about the pain she had.
"Not much…" she replied as she sat and stared at the ceiling. "The ninjas here are weak. The girl… how was she called… ahh yeah, that Tsumi girl. She is ANBU right?" she asked, not really sure how did she know all that stuff about ANBU.
"Yes, she is… she is one of the strongest" Neji replied as he stared curiously at his cousin.
"She's weak. I wasn't applying much pressure, that was 1 millionth of my strength and she was choking. Not good. You have to work on that Hokage-sama. If this is a Ninja country then it means you have to have strong people.
"She has killed more than 4000 people in this past few years" Neji informed, not sure where this conversation was heading.
"Hmph, then those people were weak as well" she calmly responded as she directed her gaze to the newly arrived Sakura. She walked towards Hinata and handed her the clothes.
"It… can not fit you too well, since you are bigger than me but it can work meanwhile as I take you to a store not too far from here" she said rubbing her neck.
"It's okay. Thank you" she soon took off her gown not paying mind to Neji, who blushed and went out the room, followed by Sakura and Tsunade. Hinata looked at her bandaged chest and her shorts. '… Who was the guy from my memory?' she thought as she put on a pink tank top, that reached just above her navel and a red skirt that reached above her mid-thigh. 'It must be just for her size, the shirt must be below her waist and her skirt barely above her knees' she thought as she stared at herself. 'I don't like it…' she mused and she went outside the room, startling the three people that waited outside for her.
"I'm ready" she said as she began to walk away, followed by Sakura, Neji and other four ANBU. Hinata sighed and stopped. "I'll come in a while to speak to you, Hokage-sama" she said as she returned to her walking.
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"It's okay. Thank you" she soon took off her gown not paying mind to Neji, who blushed and went out the room, followed by Sakura and Tsunade. They closed the door as Neji leaned on the wall behind him looking at Tsunade.
"Why did you tell her about that bastard?" Neji asked clearly annoyed, as he glared at Sakura.
"What did you expect me to do, lie to her?!" she replied.
"As a matter of fact, I did. Don't you get it?! We could have restarted her life. She wouldn't know about all those creeps of Akatsuki and that stuff!"
"Sakura is right Neji, it would be lying to her and besides, she would've realized it sooner or later. Her memory will return, whether you like it or not. We need to make her trust us, only that way we can have a chance on her staying here" Tsunade scolded as she rubbed her temple in a thinking manner.
"but what if she recovers her memory soon?! What if all of this is just a fake and she just wants to spy on Konoha, to gather information for Akatsuki!"
"Neji, no one can fake a Coma and you saw the devastated state she was in when she knew about the Akatsuki headquarters and their kidnappers… if that's what we can call them"
"… Its just too weird! You saw how she acted… how could she know about ANBU and all that?!"
"Neji… you are her cousin… why can't you trust her. She was a hostage, she wasn't working with them!" Sakura said as she glared at the Hyuuga Prodigy.
"How do you know all of that?! If she was a simple hostage how can she be so strong! I can see her chakra supply and its abnormal! It's like Naruto's and Gaara's! and theirs is like that because of the bijuus, she doesn't have a bijuu! It's hard for me to be saying this but it's not normal!" he continued. Tsunade sighed and nodded and sakura just stared down.
"L-lets… just give her time. I promise to be with her every moment. I promise to not leave her… just, give her a chance!" Tsunade stared at her apprentice.
"Let's give her time. Perhaps, Sakura is right, after all" right then Hinata came out.
"I'm ready" she said as she began to walk away, followed by Sakura, Neji and other four ANBU. Hinata sighed and stopped. "I'll come in a while to speak to you, Hokage-sama" she said as she returned to her walking. Tsunade sighed and walked away aswell.
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"Where is this so called store? I don't enjoy the looks men give me. Even though Hyuuga-san here, is glaring at everyone of them…" she said pretty bored as she walked with both of her arms behind her neck and she walked calmly around.
"Its here!" Sakura said excitedly, smiling and almost jumping up and down. Neji rolled his eyes and Hinata simply entered the store.
"Oi! Is there someone here?"
"Hinata-san, Neji can wait here for the cashier, right now let's go and buy you some cute clothes, okay?"
"… I don't like these clothes"
"Come on! I bet you will like them!"
"No, I don't want to… they are girly. I prefer shorts and shirts. Nothing more, the other stuff is boring…" she pouted. Sakura giggled and pulled her to the dressing room.
"Go in and I will bring you different sets of clothes. I am paying so don't worry" she said as she waved her hand happily.
"Who said I was worried about that?" she asked as she was pushed in the dressing room and giggles were heard afterwards. '… She's annoying… I don't like her' she thought as she stood there looking at herself. "… Who… am I?"
"Here, I think these clothes will fit you, and I need you to take the shirt off" Sakura replied calmly. Hinata looked at her and nodded as she took off her shirt leaving her with a bandaged chest. "I need to take these from you" she said as she took off the bandage. Little by little all the cloth fell and she looked at Hinata's breasts.
"Wow… you have really big breasts!" she said as she turned her around and stared again. Hinata just blushed and turned away.
"Why do you even need to know that?!"
"well to know your bra size of course. Let me see… you seem to be between C and D. Let me measure you" she got out a measuring tape and measured her friend chest. "38… hmm here… this is the 38C, let see" Sakura tried to put on the bra… that apparently Hinata didn't like it as she began to glare at the poor bubble-gum coloured hair.
"Nop… lets try this one then" soon she closed the clasp and beamed. Hinata just looked at her funny and sighed as she stared at the girl going out of the dressing room.
"Ready! Now let's go on with the shirts and stuff" To say she brought almost the whole shop was an understatement. She was panting once she left all the clothes inside the dressing room and smiled at Hinata who simply cocked an eyebrow and looked around.
"I won't try these many things. They are too many… and I don't like a lot of them" she simply responded as she looked at a pink frilly dress.
"But they'll look good on you! Come on try these on" she handed her various tank tops and some halter tops.
"What in the world is this?"
"They are shirts try them on!"
3 hours… and 1 minute later.
"This is all we need, thank you!" Sakura waved at the shop owner who smiled and nodded. Hinata went past him and bowed then she left.
"What took you so long?!" Neji let out an exasperated sigh.
"What?... I liked how many clothes looked on her"
"Sakura… about this, I promise to talk to Hiashi-sama about it, I bet he will pay you back" Sakura looked at him and waved her hands.
"Not necessary, don't worry. I enjoyed this. Now come on Hinata-chan" she pulled on her arm and made her move faster. They arrived soon at a block of apartments.
Hinata sighed and looked up as she stared at the moon. Sakura looked at her and smiled until Hinata spoke.
// "Hinata, you have a mission. Remember, as always your normal codename will be Kuroi Tenshi. You have to go to the village of sound, and assassinate Hajimaru Nishi and his clan" she sighed and nodded, as a smirk appeared on her face. 'Bring it on'//
"I… I want to go on a mission. I… want to remember" she said softly, still looking up.
"Hinata-chan… we can't, I mean…" Sakura didn't know what to say. She was moved by the determination she had but she knew it wasn't possible.
"I don't backstab anyone. Don't think of me as that kind of person. I… just seem to recall events like this. I think that maybe if I try to live as I did, I will recall something"
"I'll try to speak to Tsunade about it. Right now, let's go sleep" Sakura opened the door and opened followed by Hinata.
- "No! Please! Don't kill us! We'll do anything! Please have mercy on us!" a woman cried as she held onto her children. A sick laughter just echoed on their ears.
She showed amusement as she laughed harshly and simply gazed at them. A black Katana with white details on the blade and a dragon head handle was unsheathed. She seemed like an angel; a dark one. The woman and the kids could almost see the black wings behind her, as violet swirled. Just as her Katana was about to strike someone stopped the blow with their own Katana.
"Who are you?" the person asked with a monotone voice. Hinata chuckled.
"How is that of any concern to you maggot?" she said as she stared at crimson red with black tomoes, swirling furiously. "Ah, Uchiha Sasuke… no wonder…"
"Why are you here?" he asked. Hinata cocked an eyebrow and readjusted her mask.
"I thought that was obvious" she replied as she simply applied a tiny bit more strength to the pressure she was placing on the Katana. Sasuke crashed against the wall as he coughed blood. Hinata looked around. 'Eighteen children, 10 women, 20 men. Then Hajimaru Nishi' she thought as she walked towards the panting Sasuke. The blow had affected his lungs and he was having a hard time breathing. Hinata walked towards him and stroke him on his neck, knocking him out cold.
She moved towards the children and made some handseals. The women desperately ran towards them trying to protect them but Hinata just threw them back. Once she finished the seals she quickly placed her hand on the floor making a black hole that sucked the children in. She jumped to avoid being caught in the jutsu and made the seals again but in reverse. The black hole closed and the screams of the children ceased. Women began to cry, irritating her. She walked towards them and cut their heads off. The men soon came running, gasping once they saw the scene.
A woman in a black coat and her hair long held a bloodied katana, Sasuke-sama laid on the floor, knocked out, all the women killed and the air heavy with a homicidal feel to it. –
Sakura nudged Hinata again but since she saw she didn't budge she went to retrieve a glass of water. Once back she threw the water at her, making Hinata open her eyes groggily and lazily get up from the bed.
"What?" she rudely asked as she saw Sakura smiling broadly. This girl was getting on her nerves…
"Guess what?" she said cutely as she held her hand. Hinata rolled her eyes and sighed.
"What?" Sakura began bouncing on the bed.
"Tsunade-sama accepted to send you on a mission! Isn't it cool!" she said as she still held onto her hand. Hinata yawned and tried to get her hands off her.
"Yeah, yeah, very cool. When is it?"
"Hmm to-day" she said as she cutely smiled. Hinata cocked an eyebrow and nodded.
"What is it about?"
"I don't know yet. That's why we need to go get the mission's briefing" she said as she handed her some clothes. "Here, it's an outfit I picked out from the ones we chose yesterday"
"… a skirt?..." Sakura nodded and smiled broadly.
"… Oh my god … how am I even supposed to fight in this?" Sakura's smile grew.
"It's just while we go get the briefing. Later on you can change to pants or something"
"… Why would I use something for less than half an hour? It's stupid. I'll go get some shorts" she stood up from the bed and walked towards the large pile of shopping bags, searching through them. Finally she found what she was looking for. Some mini-shorts (only length Sakura let her buy) and a sports bra.
"… I'll speak to Hokage-sama. I don't want to have to wait after the briefing to go to the mission. You also get ready" she ordered as she took off her clothes, putting on the new ones.
-15 mins later-
"I'm ready Hinata" Sakura said as she got out from the bathroom with a bag. Hinata looked at her bored and began to walk to the door.
"Wait! I want to see your choice in clothes" Sakura said as she smiled. Hinata cocked an eyebrow and turned around so she could see what she wore. She had on black mini-shorts that showed her slender legs, a tight black fishnet shirt that didn't reach her navel and beneath the fishnet she had a black sports bra. Long boots complemented the look, which made Sakura gasp.
"Do you have an extra weapon pouch?" sakura nodded and handed her one. She strapped it on her bandaged right leg and the bag that Sakura readied for her she threw it over her shoulder.
"Wait! Here let me comb your hair…" she said as she walked towards her taking out a hair band. Hinata semi-kneeled so Sakura wouldn't have a hard time arranging her hair. Sakura pulled it all in a high ponytail, leaving out her bangs, so they framed her face. "You are ready" she said as she helped her up.
"Sakura… why are you doing this. You don't know me do you? I mean… you said it yourself… you never knew me when I lived here, right?" Sakura smiled and when she was about to hug her Hinata added something "Besides… I don't wear this kind of clothes… I prefer black rubber clothes" Sakura gasped.
"You, you remembered something didn't you! You remember what you used to wear!" she said excitedly.
"I… dreamt part of my past. Sakura… who is Uchiha Sasuke?" she asked as she opened the door.
"… you dreamt about him?"
"… I… knocked him out in the past… I think…" she said as she tried to remember. Sakura opened her eyes wide.
"You fought him?" she asked astounded.
"I… I think I did… I don't know… it's not clear to me yet…" she said as they walked on the street.
"… heh, don't worry, I'll wait till your memory is complete and clear!" Sakura raised her fist in the air and closed her eyes smiling.
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"well you guys, I have a mission for you, it's 'B' ranked. I need you to go to Suna and give this scroll to the Kazekage" she rolled the scroll and kept talking until the there was a knock on the door. "Come in!" Shizune walked to the door and opened it revealing bright pink hair.
"Tsunade-sama, excuse us for arriving late" Sakura bowed entering the room. Tsunade waved her hand and pointed her to come. Sakura nodded.
"Naruto, Shikamaru, Kiba, Ino, Tenten, Neji, Sasuke, meet Hyuuga Hinata. Hinata, these are-" Tsunade looked around and didn't find Hinata. "Sakura, where is she?"
"Ah gomen! She's outside the office. Wait a second. Hinata-chan! Come on" she pulled her in the room. Hinata released herself from her grasp and walked towards then slowly, clearly bored.
"Yo" she waved before yawning.
"As I was saying, guys this is Hyuuga Hinata, Hinata these are your team mates for this mission. In order from left to right are Shikamaru, Ino, Kiba, Naruto, Tenten, and Sasuke. You already know Neji and Sakura" Hinata nodded.
"What is the mission about?" Tsunade smiled warmly and answered,
"Deliver this scroll to Kazekage-sama in Sunagakure"
"…boring. Okay, thanks for the opportunity…" she said as she slightly bowed then began to walk away.
"Hinata-chan, you can't leave yet" Sakura said as she grabbed her wrist.
"What more is there to say? Even if there are enemies that attack us we are supposed to defend ourselves. So basically, they had already told us what we need to know about the mission" she said as she placed both her arms behind her head, as if resting on them.
"It's okay Sakura. Neji, wait with her outside please. I know you are also bored" Neji nodded as he went outside with her.
"She's the kidnapped Hyuuga, Tsunade-sama?" Tenten asked. Tsunade nodded.
"She was on a coma for a year, she woke up yesterday… Sakura is taking care of her since she is the only one she merely recognizes"
"… She… was brought by ANBU a year and a month ago right?" Sasuke asked out of the blue.
"Yes… she was caught in a fire at Akatsuki's main base" she said as she sighed.
"Tsunade-sama… I think it's better not to reveal that much information…" Shizune and Sakura said as they rubbed their temples, seeing everyone overly interested.
"-we are not supposed to Hinata!" Neji yelled as Hinata entered by the door.
"Aww Neji… you are boring. I am tired of waiting and I want to leave so shut up… you are an annoying cousin" she said as she walked the exact same way she left, stopping inches before Tsunade.
"Hehe, gomen for that but… can we leave? The earlier we leave the earlier it will be done" she said as she yawned.
"… guys, you have heard her, you are dismissed, good luck!" Hinata nodded and went outside. Sakura grabbed her arm and began to run with her.
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-roar-
"What in the world?! This is a freaking abnormal tiger! There aren't any tigers in Konoha!" Naruto yelled. Hinata walked towards the animal who was roaring and walking in circles, showing it's teeth to every person except her. She kneeled and pat him.
"Hey little guy… you're not from around here are you?" she said as he leaned towards her and licked her cheek and neck. She smiled. It's true, it was an abnormal tiger. It was all black with dark grey and was taller than usual, almost reaching her mid-stomach.
'Hinata… stop kidding. It's me Seri… I've come to check on you… you disappeared… we are worried…' it apparently said. Hinata cocked an eyebrow while the others just backed away from them.
"Sorry… I really can't remember anything… I am trying to regain my memory" she said as she bowed.
'So what Balthazar said is true? The dragon mistress lost her memory' he said as he began to walk in circles around her. 'Then you have forgotten all your jutsus and stuff like that right?' Hinata nodded. 'This is bad… well the scroll of your storage room is here. The seals are boar, ram, tiger, dog and then you will remember what to do next…'
"… Why do you know this?"
"I am after all one of your four guardians, what would you expect" he said as he purred and rubbed his side against her leg.
"… Guardians… I'm sorry Seri… but I have to leave on a mission" she said as she tapped his head and began to walk away. He stopped her by intercepting her.
'I'm coming with you. You'll be killed if you don't know how to use your power' she shook her head.
"I… won't be killed. I'll be fine. I still remember my moves" she said with a slight smile. She kept walking as everyone else did. Seri just sighed.
'I'm coming' he said at the last moment as he ran towards Hinata and walked by her side along with Sakura.
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'Boar, ram, tiger, dog… katsu'
Agh… I almost made it longer but I was tired and lazy… so gomen-nasai minna-san!!!!! I will try to make it longer the next time! I promise I will try. Thank you to all of you who had read this chapter and I wanted to ask you for a teeny little favour- see that little button at the left corner of your screen? Would you please press it and leave a review? I would really appreciate it. Please R&R hope you enjoyed!
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