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Hinata tried not to think about the past anymore, but it haunted her every night like a never ending nightmare. She wasn't sure if Neji had the same nightmares, but she wasn't going to ask. They were close, but they were both rude to each other as is. If he found out she'd been having nightmares again he would taunt her and call her weak. Sasuke had never done such, he always tried to comfort her and tell her it was the same with him. He would never say it would be alright, because in actuality, how can it be alright when you have to live with something like that replaying in your mind?
She sighed and decided to think of other things. Like how strong Naruto had been getting as of late. It had been months since Naruto had returned and saved Gaara. Hinata sat in the gate keeper box with an irritated look on her face. Sakura had gotten the spotlight because she killed Sasori. Hinata rolled her eyes and chewed on her senbon grumpily. Izuna, another one of the new jonin shook his head at her. His blonde hair fell over his eyes and he always had a bored look on his face.
"Great, I'm stuck with you while you are in a bad mood, yet again." He sighed and she winked at him. "I promise I won't teach you how to dig your own grave again." She said and he let his head hit the table. "Sakura again?" he asked. She nodded. He sighed and looked at her. "Trust me, Hinata. You are far better than that ugly pink haired bimbo." Izuna said and she smirked. "Oh? And what would make you think that? Because of who my sister was?" she asked with a sneer. "Look! That isn't it! Yes your sister was strong but you are stronger! You could kill her easily. She is pathetic. All you need is to get over the petty Sakura jealousy and get out of here." Izuna said and Hinata rolled her eyes and whispered quietly, "where is Izuna, Sasuke?"
The blonde smirked and brushed the bangs from his eyes, they glowed red and she rolled her eyes. "Just can't leave me be can you?" she asked with a smirk. He tilted his head and his eyes flashed. "Obviously not. Not while you are running around with all that elemental power running haywire. You need to control your temper." He said condescendingly. She snorted and thumped his forehead. "If I did that then taunting people to get them fired up wouldn't be as much fun." She said and he sighed. "You really like pissing Sakura off don't you?" he asked and she smirked. "Of course, Ino too." She said and he smirked. "Pissing Naruto off is my deal. I get him all angry then I beat the shit out of him to prove who is stronger." He said and crossed his arms behind his head. Hinata rolled her eyes as Kakashi strolled up to her.
"Hinata, you have been summoned. Itachi Uchiha has been spotted." He whispered and Hinata saw that Sasuke in Izuna's form smirked. She stood and made her way to the Hokage office but she didn't miss that Sasuke's presence vanished, leaving the real Izuna sleeping atop the table, instead of the clone. Tsunade watched as Hinata walked in alone. "You realize you are going after Itachi, yes?" Tsunade asked. Hinata nodded and readjusted her jonin vest. "No. you don't realize…" Tsunade sighed. Hinata's eyes went wide, and a deadly smirk crossed her lips. "You think she will be there." Hinata stated, it was nowhere near a question. Tsunade nodded and reached for something in her desk.
"You're going to let me kill her?" she asked and Tsunade shook her head as she handed Hinata an old scroll. "What is this?" Hinata asked. "I found it located in a forbidden Hokage scroll. A Hokage assassination scroll." Tsunade said and Hinata's eyes scanned the paper with fury written all over her features. "My sister was forced to do that!? What monster could have forced her to do that?" Hinata screamed as the tears pooled over. "She had no choice; your father was going to create the distraction the Uchiha needed for their rebellion." Tsunade said and Hinata's eyes shot to her. "You mean..." "The Hyuuga were going to kill old man third Hokage, to create a distraction so the Uchiha could rebel." She said and Hinata saw the chakra seal on the bottom of the scroll, it was the Uchiha fan.
"What's this?" she asked and Tsunade handed her a scroll with the Hyuuga flame in chakra ink on the outside. "The reason you are going to save Itachi Uchiha and Nana Hyuuga." She said and Hinata opened the chakra seal. Her eyes skimmed the page warily and she bit her lip. "A connected scroll. The clan massacres…they were missions to keep the peace within the walls of Konoha…?" she asked, her eyes filled with regret. "Yes, Hinata. And that is why you are going to save them. You are the only one who can stop Sasuke, judging by how you and he were so close…and most likely still are." Tsunade said with a disapproving raise of the brow. Hinata's eyes flickered away from her and Tsunade sighed. "Of course…Anyways, you leave first thing tomorrow. Get ready." Tsunade said and Hinata nodded. Hinata shoved her hands into the pockets of her denim shorts and strolled about the streets until she bumped into someone. She turned to see the person she bumped into only to see it was Sakura.
Naruto stood beside her and he glanced at the two girls in confusion. "Pinky." Hinata greeted with a bored glance and a smirk. "Skank." Sakura spat. "You know what, pink slut…get over yourself. I can be just as mean as you are to everyone here but I just choose to piss you off. Because you are a special kind of bitch." Hinata said and Kakashi chuckled from behind his book. Naruto narrowed his eyes and pointed towards Hinata. "What right do you have to talk about her that way!?" Naruto asked gritting his teeth and glaring at her.
"I gained that right when my family was slaughtered right in front of my eyes and she bullied me all my life and worshipped the ground Sasuke walked upon!" Hinata ground out and Naruto's hand dropped and his eyes softened. The pain in her eyes reminded him of every time he looked in the mirror. "Hinata…" Naruto whispered and looked away from her. "Be prepared..." she said and they looked at her confused. "We head out tomorrow to collect Uchiha Itachi and possibly… Nana Hyuuga…" she said and her fingers cracked as she fisted her hands tightly. She walked away swiftly as Kakashi smirked under his mask. "Lady Hyuuga," he began and she looked back at him curiously. "Who is in charge on this mission? I am quite curious." He asked and Sakura snorted at his question.
"Well it's obviously you sensei. And Yamato senpai too." Sakura said and Hinata laughed whole heartedly. Sakura's eyes narrowed at her. Naruto looked to be in shock. "You… you think you are so smart. There's a reason why I am in charge. That reason is because Sasuke is involved, just as much as my sister, and his brother. I, Hinata Hyuuga, am in charge of the search and rescue mission of Itachi and Nana." Hinata said and as Sakura tried to protest, Hinata held a hand out with the palm up. With a soft smile she blew over her hand gently.
Sakura felt the wind pick up and she struggled to keep her footing. Hinata stopped blowing on her palm and the wind stopped. "And there is another reason I am going. Imagine that…twenty times stronger. My older sister has ice, wind, and water abilities that can blow any of my abilities straight out the window. And she can kill you with one. Single. Breath. Ja ne, Sakura-san." Hinata said with a vicious smirk and a back handed wave. Sakura glared at the woman in anger. "How dare she!" Sakura snapped. "Because she can. She has stomped you more than once. Pretty soon she could be in the elite Anbu ranks, while you are still chunnin." Kakashi said as he too, strolled away.
The next morning…
Hinata rolled over in her bed as the dim morning light peeped in through her window. Her first thoughts were of what Tsunade had informed her of. She looked at her hands and tears welled up in her eyes. "I spent my entire life hating you, when all you were doing was trying to protect us…Neji-nii won't understand. I don't understand. Why would you do such a thing?" Hinata whimpered and rubbed her fisted hands against her eyes to try and will away the dreadful tears. A knock at her door got her moving. She pulled her long sleeved fishnet on swiftly followed by her tight black training pants and her jonin vest. With her hitai-ate over her forehead she strolled to her door, her travel bag in hand. She pulled her door open to see Izuna standing there, a hand pushing his blonde bangs out of his eyes. He seemed surprised at how fast she had made it to the door.
"Hinata-chan." He greeted and she nodded to him as she locked her door. "It's quite early to be running about, is it not, Izuna-kun?" she asked and turned to him with a crooked smile. He scratched his head with a blush coloring his cheeks. "Yeah… I guess it is." He said nervously and his cerulean blue eyes darted away from her face and to his hands. She smiled and nudged his shoulder as they began walking. "It's fine, I am about to go on a mission so I'm not disturbed by your unusual early birdness." She said with a small giggle. He blushed deeper. "I usually don't get up until the sun is way in the sky… I wanted to give you something before you go." He said and Hinata blinked and looked at the blushing man beside her.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small rectangular box. He handed it to her and she looked at it curiously. It was light weight but had a slightly heavier center. She pried the lid off and a glint of silver caught her eye. She eyed the item within the box with awe. "It was my mother's she told me I needed to give it to someone special. So I thought who better than my amazing friend Hinata." He said his blush returning all over again as she lifted the item out of the box. It was a wristband engraved with some sort of jutsu. "What does it do?" she asked and he grinned. "My mother was a water user, that's why I thought of you. It has the ability to summon and control water without a hand sign. My mother made it herself isn't that awesome?" he asked, extremely excited.
Hinata put the item back in the box and frowned. "I can't take this. I would disappoint your mother by touching it." She said and he snorted. "My mom told me that I should give it to you. She thought you would use it better than your sister would." He said and took the box from Hinata and wrapped the bracelet around her wrist. The bluish silver metal reminded her of water and she smiled. She hugged her friend.
"Arigatou, Izuna-kun." She said and he grinned. "It's no trouble Hinata-chan. I will see you when you get back." He said and waved her off. She made her way to the gates, her bag slung over her shoulder haphazardly. She waited for her group to show up and frowned when some of them were actually late. Her brow twitched angrily as Kakashi strolled up as if nothing were wrong. "lazy." She snapped and he shrugged. Naruto, Sakura, Sai, Kiba, and Shino stood awaiting orders, although Sakura was not eager to listen.
Hinata pulled her hair into a ponytail and sighed. "Kakashi-Senpai, could you please tell the pink blockhead to do what I say, because I'm getting dreadfully tired of being ignored." Hinata said overdramatically and Kiba couldn't help but laugh. Shino sighed and leaned against the gates. Hinata rolled her eyes as Kakashi told Sakura what to do. She pulled the cloak over her shoulders and walked straight out, she had no interest in waiting on them, and she had things she wanted to work out and people she needed to save.
With Nana…
Nana stretched and kicked up her feet on Sasuke's head. She really enjoyed driving the kid nuts. He gave her a glare then sent her spinning towards the floor, where she landed with catlike reflexes in a halfway crouched position. He stood and swept out of the room faster than dust in the wind. Nana followed him and she laughed lightly. "Sasuke…why are you so serious all the time? Relax a little duck ass." She said getting right up behind him and he spun around and placed a blade to her neck. "Because you disgust me, you are exactly like my brother. You slaughtered your clan and spared Hinata, like Itachi spared me. But you tormented us. You both are sick and demented and deserve to die." He said and Nana raised a brow.
"Is that so?" she asked and the blade at her neck was a yes. She tilted her head to the side and dug the blade deeper into her skin. "Then kill me boy, I won't make it easy either." She said and the blade vanished. "Your head is not mine to take." He said as he skulked down the hallway. "Heh. You realize little Hinata wouldn't hesitate to rip your brother's head from his shoulders, she would just take it. Hyuuga used to be about clan honor. Hinata is one for brute force and taking heads where heads need be taken." Nana said and turned to stroll down the opposite hallway.
She made her way out of the hideout Sasuke had claimed from killing Orochimaru and sighed as the moons pale light caressed her skin. It was cold out so she felt comfortable, instead of stuffy and overheated like she was when she was underground. Karin and Suigetsu followed her out and she sniffed in an annoyed manner. "What do you want Barbie bimbo and shark tooth?" she snapped and the two glared at her. "Why are you travelling with us?" Karin asked Nana raised her brow and tried not to laugh.
"I don't want the emo kid. Sheesh. I'm trying to protect someone from him." Nana said and decided to go her own way. "I will find this person before you four do and that's just because I know where to look. If Sasuke were smart he would think for once instead of being brash and following you. You just want to keep him busy so he doesn't get rid of you." Nana scoffed and vanished in a swirl of wind mist and leaves.
Nana reappeared and she was in a forest, she sensed her sister's chakra not too far away, but she would keep her distance for the moment. She climbed into an unnaturally large tree and leaned up against the trunk of the tree and drifted off. A familiar voice and an explosion woke her. She dropped from her tree and could see the infinite amount of tiny explosive creatures that swarmed through the air, smaller than the head of a needle.
She turned and ran as her favorite white scarf was eaten away at by the creatures made from Deidara's chakra. She held her breath and burst from the forest in an area where a huge explosion had occurred. From the lack of Deidara's chakra and the dead snake on the ground, Sasuke had won and Deidara was no more. Nana huffed. "I kinda liked Blondie, he was cool to talk to. But… at least it wasn't Itachi who had killed him. I warned him about that… those two were always bickering over something, although Deidara was more bicker than Itachi." Nana sighed and her head snapped up to see Sasuke's form vanish, the snake was the only thing left behind.
Nana yawned once then spun faster than anyone could see and sent ten kunai flying towards the konoha Nin. She knew she had been followed, and it didn't surprise her any that Hinata was leading the group, how many times had Hinata barged in out of nowhere and attempted to rip her limb from limb and failed? Sakura was the first to run out and attempt an attack. "They send out a pinky first? Isn't that quite dull?" Nana asked with a smirk as Sakura's fist connected with her hand and Nana didn't even show a single sign of the impact. Sakura saw the trouble before she could get away. Her pupil-less eyes pulsed and a small black dot formed in the center of her eyes and rings followed. "Shinra Tensei." She said with a smirk and Sakura was sent flying backwards before she could blink.
Her eyes reverted back to normal and her Byakugan activated, using the Rinnengan always made her eyes hurt. "Hinata, why would you send the weak one out first? Am I not your target?" Nana asked and Hinata strolled silently from the edge of the forest. Hinata held out her left arm then swiped it forward swiftly, sending a waterspout straight at Nana. "Interesting!" Nana exclaimed and with two small hand signs she touched the water and it froze and Nana did a similar movement and the ice formed a dragon and went straight for Hinata.
Hinata smirked and her cheeks puffed up. "Grand fireball jutsu!" she exclaimed and sent a fireball at the dragon, causing it to melt. Before Hinata could say anything, the dripping water froze and shot at Hinata. Who had to pull a swift phoenix flower jutsu in order to avoid the ice bullets her sister sent at her. Hinata was weaker than Nana, this was a well known fact; but fire and ice put the other at a stalemate. Nana knew that her abilities all screamed that Hinata should be the true victor, but Nana's abilities were too strong for Hinata's simple water, wind and fire jutsu to overwhelm.
"Nana. Let us settle this. Come here." Hinata said and Nana narrowed her eyes and walked closer. "what is there to settle? Aren't you going to kill me?" Nana asked but before she could even think of anything else to say Hinata's arms engulfed her older sister and tears streaked down her face. "I spent my entire life hating you, when all you did was spare me the shame of being part of a clan that attempted to start a civil war…"Hinata said and Nana's eyes softened.
Her first instinct was to shove Hinata away and deny it, but Nana was tired of running. She was She patted her younger sister on the head then pushed away from her gently. "So you know about my partner as well?" Nana asked and Hinata nodded, wiping her eyes. "Sasuke is here trying to kill him." Hinata said and Nana's eyes narrowed dangerously. Her hands flew into summoning signs and a huge crow burst from a smoke cloud. "I have to go. I need to save him." She said and hopped atop the bird and as it prepared to take off Hinata yelled at her sister to stop. "That is why we are here! We came here to save him! The Hokage sent us." Hinata said and the bird blinked at her mistress.
"Kai let them up." Nana said and the bird let her wing down and the Nin climbed on the bird. Sakura attempted to get on but the bird raised her wing. Sai sent an ink eagle to pick Sakura up. Hinata couldn't help the laugh that escaped her lips. "Not even my sister's summon likes you, that's bad!" Hinata giggled and Nana smirked at her sister. "Sakura reminds Kai-chan of Karin, another Sasuke fangirl." Nana called back to Hinata, which made her smile. The bird took off faster than Sai's ink eagles could even begin to catch up to.
The fight was easy to spot; there was no one around with that much clashing power but the two Uchiha brothers. The lightning crackled and Nana's fears surfaced. She stood atop the hovering bird and her fingers grasped her four swords on her back. She prepared to jump but the Nin behind her on the bird refused to allow her to do so. Nana pointed her blade at Kakashi, who had grabbed her wrist. "If you don't let me go, he will die." She hissed and Kakashi shook his head. "And so will you." He said. Hinata pulled Kakashi's hands from Nana's wrist. "Let her go. Can't you see that there is a reason she wants to save him?" Hinata asked and Kakashi shook his head. "It's a stupid reason; he would never give his life for her." He said and Nana laughed. "No, he wouldn't. But I would, for my partner. He was there from the start when no one else was." Nana said and dove from the bird.
They saw Nana throw out the blades to attract most of the lightning energy and they saw her land right in front of Itachi, then there was a bright flash and nothing. The bird dispelled twenty feet from the ground. They ran as fast as they could. When they got there, Itachi was dead, Sasuke was gone, and Nana lay on her stomach on the ground, her eyes were bleeding profusely, the skin pm her palms were burnt, as if she had attempted to redirect the lightning. Hinata ran onto the battlefield and hit her knees. She reached for Nana but a weak hand slapped her hand away. "Don't you touch me." She said, barely able to speak.
She pushed herself to her hands and knees and forced herself to crawl over to Itachi. She sat on her knees to catch her breath and as the group caught up to Hinata, they tried to take Itachi's body, but Nana began a set of hand signs and a barrier formed around her. "What are you doing Nana!?" Hinata asked and Nana turned to smile at her. "Making your mission a success." She said simply and when she made the last hand sign, her body pulsed and a white orb shot from her body. They could clearly see where Itachi's eyes had been removed. "Even if you bring him back, he won't be able to see!" Hinata yelled, trying to reason with her sister.
Nana swiped a hand over her eyes and the black rings and pupil vanished from her eyes, never to return. She swiped a hand over his eyes and the Sharingan reformed slowly. Then the white orb Nana had pulled from her own body shot into his. His eyes snapped open and hers slid shut as the barrier dropped. He weakly reached to catch her, but he wasn't fast enough. Hinata caught Nana instead, much to Itachi's surprise. "You are her sister, Hinata, correct?" Itachi asked weakly, leaning against the stone behind him, he looked beat up and tired. Hinata nodded as she helped Kakashi lift Nana onto the ink eagle. "Where are you taking her?" he asked and tried to stand but failed. "Home, to start over." She said and Itachi furrowed his brow.
"She has no home; she left her home long ago." Itachi said and was confused as to why they were now assisting him to stand. "Home… she never left it. And neither did you. You saved it." Hinata said and Itachi frowned. Naruto helped lift Itachi and grinned. "Konoha wants you back. Both of you Alive and safe." Naruto said and Itachi shook his head. "I can't be alive, I'm dead Sasuke just killed me. This is a screwed up dream." Itachi said and Hinata shook her head. "You need sleep Itachi; we will get you home safely." Hinata said and struck a pressure point before the weakened akatsuki could stop her. The last thing he saw before his eyes slid shut was the contented smile on Nana's face.
Hinata tended to her sister as they carried them back to the village. Nana would often cough and her body temperature would drop drastically. She didn't know exactly what Nana had done to revive Itachi without killing herself, but she was just a bit glad the two of them were alright. She wasn't sure what was going to happen to them when they returned to the village, but she hoped they would have time to recover before things all went downhill and Neji found out they were in the village.
She knew better than anyone that Neji wouldn't be so forgiving. She understood why Nana had done it, but she couldn't find it within herself to forgive her. Not yet, it was far too soon to even think of forgiving her. Hinata hefted Nana off the ground as the sun began to show in the dim sky. Before Hinata could get Nana off the ground Kakashi took her from Hinata's grasp. "Allow me, you need to be ready to fend off any enemies who decide they want Nana or Itachi's heads for bounty." He said and Hinata frowned but nodded. She understood the warning. Hinata herself had quite the number looming over her head but Nana's was far higher than her own, and Itachi's was even greater than Nana's.
Naruto helped guide Itachi along since the older male refused to be carried, saying "I am not an incompetent child, I do not need to be carried as such. I shall walk." Hinata had found that slightly amusing, seeing as the twenty one year old was putting the majority of his weight on the Uzumaki boy. "Damn…" Itachi muttered out of nowhere and the group looked at him as he pulled something out of his pocket. "Not like she wore them anyways…" he sighed and Hinata realized that what he had been holding was her sister's glasses.
"Since when did Nana wear glasses?" Hinata asked and Itachi was silent for a moment. "Since before the… before we were assigned to…" he droned off and Naruto nearly fell under the weight of the Uchiha collapsing onto him in a fit of coughs that sprayed blood everywhere. He continued to cough until he had begun to pale, blood staining his lips as he went limp. Hinata's heart ached for him, he was going to die even if Nana had revived him…
They reached the village by nightfall and Tsunade took the two into intensive care. Nana was in one room, loosing chakra and the energy needed to survive, at an extremely rapid pace. Tsunade spent the night working with Nana to try and stabilize the woman. Nana hadn't known the exact side effects of using rinne rebirth, and neither did anyone else. So, in the end, Tsunade had expended a rather large portion of her own chakra to replenish Nana's rapidly diminishing chakra.
Itachi slept through the majority of the night, but had later awoken and had begun asking where Nana was, how she was doing and if she were going to be alright. It had been Shizune to break the news to him that she was in critical condition in the intensive care ward. She doubted she had ever seen someone that devastated before, he looked as if all reason for life had vanished right in front of his eyes. Shizune could barely take seeing him look so hollow and defeated.
She made her way to Tsunade, who had traded out with three of the other medics to replenish Nana's chakra. Tsunade had gotten Nana's chakra to slow its depletion considerably. The nurses were just putting on the finishing touches to make sure Nana would survive. Not even ten minutes after the medics replenished the remainder of her chakra, her eyes fluttered open and she looked all around her and a soft smile crossed her lips as she stood, despite the nagging of the medics.
"I'm going to another room, I refuse to stay here…" she said and Tsunade stood. She nodded and reached to grab Nana's wrist to help her but Nana pulled her wrist out of her hand and she made her way out of the intensive care ward. She used the walls to force herself along. She made it to one door and the person inside looked up at her and forced himself to stand on shaky legs. He rushed over to her and hugged her. Hinata saw this and a frown crossed her lips. She had never known the two had been so close.
"I never would have made it without you, my friend." He said and Nana hugged him as tight as she could being as weak as she was. "I couldn't let you go at it alone…" she said and he chuckled. "You're as persistent as ever…" he said, but she went limp in his arms and Hinata walked over and helped stand Nana up. She and Shizune carried Nana to the room next to his and Tsunade escorted him to his bed, being as he nearly hit the floor as well. "You two should be just fine, you just need some bed rest and then I will release you as soon as I see fit." Tsunade said and she turned to walk out of his room when he spoke.
"Thank you… I can never repay you for what you have done… a second chance… she needed this…" Itachi said and Tsunade turned to face him with a confused look. "No… no Itachi…" she said and he looked at her in surprise. "You both needed this. It's the least I can do to fix the mistakes of the elders…" she said and he shook his head. "I was only fixing the mistakes of my family, as was she. We had accepted our fates. We knew we were going to die… we knew from the day we killed our clans, that we were going to die… and I did…" he said and Tsunade frowned.
"I can promise you that you will not be suffering any longer… The illness you once had, is no longer threatening your life. Nor is your younger brother… neither of those are life threatening to you anymore." Tsunade said and his eyes were wide as his hand found his chest… he was free? Free from fear of death? Free of that dreadful disease? He was actually free… and… so was Nana… Nana was free too. A slow smile crossed his lips as he laid down against his pillows. He was free… but more importantly… Nana was free.
Edited Yosh! Chapters 3, 4, and 5 should be up soon!