*Le Gasp!*A new chapter! What?! Yes, I have added a new chapter to celebrate the fact I have finally got around to editing this story! Remember! Always expect the unexpected, or just be surprised by what happens lol
Hinata tended to her rose garden that lined the east wall of the compound. The roses had become wilted and had begun to change colors. She looked around to make sure no one was watching and she pulled a water jutsu. Water coated the plants and they seemed overly happy to take in the water. A doggish snort alerted her to Nana's presence. Oki snorted again and flopped onto her side. "Hinata… what have I told you?" Nana asked condescendingly. Hinata smiled up at her sister. Nana didn't smile back.
"Not to use my chakra because I could hurt the baby if I over use it." Hinata sighed, the smile falling from her face. Hinata had mellowed out considerably. Before, Hinata was queen bitch and ruled over every other female her age, putting them in their place when need be. Not saying that she won't still put someone in their place, because she will. It is just that she had become sweeter, friendlier, and she seemed… happy for once. "So What have you chosen to name the little one?" Nana asked, snapping Hinata from her intense gaze on the roses.
"I think I will name her…" she started and furrowed her brows as she drifted off. "Her name, Hinata?" Nana asked, humor in her voice. Hinata smiled and Nana sighed. "Her name is going to be
Mikoto." Hinata said and that struck a nerve within Nana. Nana stood and with a forced smile, she waved at her younger sister and hopped the compound wall, leaving Hinata to wonder what was wrong. Nana walked to the Uchiha compound and fell to her knees in front of the family cemetery. Nana's head dropped as she remembered the first time she had met Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha…
Flash back…
"Itachi-kun…where are we going?" Nana asked, pushing her long raven hair out of her face as she quickly followed behind her friend. He was silent, but offered a comforting smile. The thirteen year old in front of her stopped in front of a gate with the Uchiha clan symbol adorning the gates. He pulled them open and let her through first. He led her through their miniature village and she stared in awe. Everything amazed her until a group of older boys surrounded her. Itachi frowned and tried to shove them away but they just shoved him away.
"It's ok Itachi-kun." Nana said with a smile. Itachi smirked and stepped back. The older boys laughed and advanced on Nana. Itachi stood back with a knowing smirk on his face. The twelve year old girl waited for the four to get close enough then she sent one sprawling on the ground with a swift roundhouse to the face. One by one they fell, Nana's swift movements taking them down with ease. She had grabbed the last one by the shoulders and her knee was an inch from his face when she was pulled off the boy. He hit the ground on his butt and looked up to see who his savior was. "Fugaku-sama!" the boy exclaimed, bowing to the Uchiha clan leader. Nana was dropped but she didn't fall unceremoniously on her rump like the boy had, she landed softly, her feet not making a single sound when she landed.
"Who are you and why are you causing trouble in the Uchiha compound?" Fugaku asked, his intimidation stare focused on her. His scare tactics didn't work on her. "Nana Ex-root Anbu, Currently Elite Anbu, second in command under Itachi Uchiha. I was not starting trouble sir, I was finishing it." She said and the smirk that twitched at his lips said it all. He turned to Itachi and motioned for him to follow. Nana followed behind the two Uchiha silently. They entered Fugaku's home and a tiny seven year old ran up to Itachi and hugged him. The seven year old saw Nana and giggled. He ran into another room and came back pulling a lovely raven haired woman with him.
"Momma look! Itachi brought his girlfriend home!" the child exclaimed and Nana blinked, feeling the heat attempting to rise she rubbed her wrist nervously. Itachi chuckled along with his father. "No, Sasuke, this is Nana Hyuuga, my partner in Anbu." Itachi said and Sasuke's scrutinizing eyes searched her. "But she doesn't look so strong." He whined and Nana frowned at him. "She beat up those guys that bully you." Fugaku said and Mikoto seemed surprised. Sasuke ran over to Nana and clung to her. "Make them stop bothering me, they hurt me a lot." Sasuke said and Nana nodded. "Of course." She said and Mikoto smiled and scooped up the twelve year old into her arms.
Nana squirmed but Mikoto wouldn't relent. When Mikoto set her down, Nana was blushing a bit. "Strong and pretty, at your age, that's hard to come by." Mikoto said and Nana blushed deeper. "You are going to be amazing when you get older I can see it now! Oooh! Just think! Maybe you and Itachi will get together and have lots of beautiful babies! Oooh the possibilities!" Mikoto squealed and Nana was at a loss for words and was choking on air, her face bright red. Every time Nana had visited since then, Mikoto treated her like she was her own child, but she still taunted her about her and Itachi having beautiful babies.
End flashback…
Nana placed a red rose on both Fugaku and Mikoto's graves. Nana ran a hand over their tombstones and the tears trailed down her face. "You were my family, when my family abandoned me. I'm so sorry this had to happen…" Nana said and ran her fingers over the velvety petals of the roses. Four more red roses fell onto the graves and Nana looked up to see both of the brothers standing over her. She wiped her eyes and took Itachi's hand as he helped her up. "So what did Hinata say?" Itachi asked and Nana looked back to the graves. "Your daughter's name… is… is going to be Mikoto, Sasuke." Nana said then lightly brushed past the two and made her way inside. Itachi kept Sasuke steady as he swayed.
"Come now Sasuke, you need rest." Itachi said and helped get Sasuke inside. "Do you ever think Hinata will forgive me?" Sasuke asked and Itachi sighed. "I would say she might, being as she had only heard our mother's name from you, Sasuke. And it seems she is dead set on that name." Itachi said and a weak smile crossed Sasuke's lips. "Mother was beautiful, wasn't she Itachi?" Sasuke asked and his brother nodded. "yes Sasuke, she was… and she predicted the same of Nana and Hinata as well. She knew what she was talking about, huh?" Itachi asked and Sasuke nodded as Itachi helped him get to his bed.
"I screwed up big time… and you just want her to be happy, we both made mistakes huh?" Sasuke asked and Itachi sighed. "You made a mistake. I made a choice, let her go and choose who she wants… or be like that blonde friend of yours who constantly pesters the annoying pink haired one." Itachi said and Sasuke laughed, but his laughed turned to coughs. "We all screwed up in some way… and it is costing us happiness…" Sasuke whispered as Itachi shut his door. Itachi stood outside his brother's door for a moment and sighed. "Sometimes, you can be smarter than you need to be…" he said as he walked off to his own room.
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Nana made her way to her room and she sat on the edge of her bed with her face in her hands trying to hold back the tears that wanted to fall. She removed her hands from her face and frowned. "I'm not going to sit here and waste this second chance by crying all the damn time." She growled to herself and she stood. She swung open her closet doors and glared at the long sleeved clothing inside and long pants. She slammed those back shut and walked over and yanked open her dresser drawers.
She pulled out a pair of black denim short shorts and a matching black backless shirt that buckled behind the neck and behind her lower back. She secured her wind scroll in the belt loops in the very back of her shorts. Oki looked up at her from her place on Nana's large bed. The wolf huffed and closed one eye. "Just what do you think you're doing?" Oki asked and Nana frowned. "I'm not going to waste my life like this. One mission since I have been back, I don't think so." Nana said as she pulled on her fingerless white reinforced knuckle gloves. She pulled on thigh high white stockings without the footed part and slipped on some black sandals that weren't quite approved for Kunoichi to wear because they had heels, other than Tsunade of course but they didn't have as high of heels as Tsunade's did.
"Seems you decided to ditch the geta sandals, ne?" Oki asked and Nana stared at the shoes that sat in the corner. She had worn them ever since Orochimaru had handed her the first fitting pair of them. She thought they were impractical because you always had to not only focus on not being killed, but also not losing a shoe while trying not to die. She stood from strapping the shoe tighter around her ankle and sighed. She grabbed her four-way sheathe and looked it over. "What are you thinking?" Oki asked, seeing her looking at the blades in slight disgust.
"I no longer want these." She said and her eyes drooped a bit. She had grown up using these, so it should be hard for her to part with them, but… she needed to in order to be able to start over. She turned on her heel as she dropped one of the blades back into the sheathe. "I'm headed towards the weapons dealer." She said and Oki stretched lazily and hopped off the bed. Nana strode right past Itachi and Sasuke without a word, confusing the both of them.
She stopped in the doorway and turned to face them a bit. She could see the horrified look on Sasuke's face. "T-that scroll…" he stammered and Itachi's eyes went wide. "I won't use it unless it is a dire situation. I have no need to, as of yet anyways. I'm selling my swords, so that is where I am headed now. If you need me in about an hour, I will most likely be at the training field." She said and smiled at him lightly. She walked out, but the uneasy feeling didn't subside.
"Itachi… what exactly is in that scroll?" Sasuke asked and Itachi shook his head. "Not even I know. She only ever used it once, and I got back to see the destruction it caused just as she sealed it away once more." He said and Sasuke looked at his older brother in confusion. "Whatever is in that scroll… if used in the wrong way, could most likely wipe out a village. But as I said, I'm not sure what it is or if it only reacts to her. I have no idea, but that sinister chakra… I really wish she wouldn't carry it. but she always insists on doing so and if I can't stop her no one can." He sighed and Sasuke frowned.
"I see…" Sasuke sighed and leaned back in his chair. A frantic knock at the door surprised the brothers. Itachi hurried over and opened it, revealing a frantic Ino. "You? What's happened that you were sent?" Sasuke grumbled and she frowned. "Hinata is in the hospital, where is Nana?" she asked and Sasuke's eyes were wide. "She left about ten minutes ago, she should be with the weapons dealer." Itachi said and Ino nodded. "I'm going to go find her, unless you want to help find Nana, I would suggest you get Sasuke to the hospital." Ino said then spun on her heel and took off running.
Itachi furrowed his brow and helped his brother up. What could be so bad that Hinata were sent to the hospital? He wondered.
Elsewhere…
Nana handed the blades to the dealer and he stared at them in shock. "Wow! Such amazing craftsmanship! Why on earth would you want to sell these?" he gushed and she smiled. "I no longer need them. I'm looking to either trade, or sell them. Do you have anything of equal or lesser value you would trade for them?" she asked and he looked at her in shock. "Everything in my shop… could never amount to what these blades are worth… They are made of demon iron. Actual demon iron… where the iron was forged with the chakra of a demon, thus making them unbreakable and priceless!" he gushed and she smiled.
"I know. They were forged from the Snake summon, Manda's chakra. They were called the viper fangs." She said and he looked at her in shock. "Manda was one mean snake, its amazing he allowed you to take some of his chakra to be able to forge these!" he gushed and Nana laughed. "I never said he allowed me to take it. As you said, manda was an awful snake summon, so I fought him and stole it." she said and she was about to say something else when a sudden chill ran up her spine. Her eyes narrowed and she frowned.
"I'm afraid, I must cut this short." She said and the dealer looked surprised by her sudden change in demeanor. He reached under his counter and pulled out a four foot blade with intricate floral patterns on the sheathe. "this is the most expensive item I have. Her and her sister blade, Sakura. Tsubaki and Sakura." He said and pulled out the second blade. "If you don't mind, I will take them." She said and he nodded. "Thank you very much, miss Hyuuga." He said and she bowed politely.
She turned and strapped the blades to her lower back and ran out of the shop and right into Ino, who looked frantic. Her eyes went wide and she took off running, she had spotted the blood on Ino's clothing. She ran to the hospital and forced her way into the area where Ino had told her Hinata was Hinata sat in the room, clutching her stomach as tears streamed down her face. Hinata was covered in blood and it didn't take much to figure out why, something had happened to the baby.
Nana shoved the nurses that tried to keep her out, out of the way. "Hinata, what happened." Nana asked and Hinata continued to sob loudly. "There was a man…" she sobbed and Nana furrowed her brows. "In a mask…" she sobbed and stared at her shaking hands. "My baby… they took my baby, Nana. They took her away…" Hinata sobbed and Ino walked in behind Nana and whispered in her ear. 'She miscarried.' Nana grit her teeth and looked at her feet.
"What did he do to you?" Nana asked and Hinata looked up at her. "He killed Mikoto… he killed my baby…" Hinata managed as Itachi and Sasuke made it to the room. "The man… his hand went through me and then this happened." She sobbed and Nana grit her teeth. "We will end his existence, I promise you that Hinata." Nana said and she felt the chakra pulse within the scroll. "Maybe the time to use you will come sooner than planned." She sighed as she reached behind her to tighten the straps on the scroll.
"There is nothing I wouldn't do for you, Hinata. There is absolutely nothing I wouldn't do for you, or Neji." Nana said softly and Hinata looked up at her older sister with saddened eyes. Nana walked closer to Hinata and placed her palm against her forehead. "I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you." She said and Hinata could have sworn she saw a blue flash shoot down Nana's arm. "Be strong with me." Nana said before her eyes rolled up and she hit the floor.
Itachi ran over and lifted her off the floor with a frown. "Just what did you do this time?" he sighed and lifted her into his arms. "I'm going to take her home. Hinata… he would like to talk to you…" Itachi said and Hinata looked to the doorway, where Sasuke stood, frozen in sadness. "I will talk to you when I am feeling better. Please leave, Sasuke." Hinata said softly and rolled over to face away from the doorway. "Very well… just… just please allow me to try and beg forgiveness…" he said and she sighed. "I forgave you months ago, when I had come to terms with what had happened. But I don't trust you. If you can prove to me that I can trust you, then I may let you back in. for now, please leave." She said softly and he nodded.
"Very well. Ja ne, Hinata…" he said and turned to follow his brother.
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"So what exactly did you do?" the orange haired male asked as he looked at the masked man. The blue haired woman watched the masked man in curiosity. "I destroyed the unborn child of Sasuke Uchiha. Now, by doing so, I have disrupted his mind, the mind of the woman who carried his child, and I doubt they will be of any trouble when we act upon our next objective. I also took out the cousin of the woman, he seemed to think he could take me down by himself so I don't think he will be out of the hospital anytime soon." The masked man said and the blue haired woman looked down at her hands.
The orange haired man looked at her. "Konan… what is it?" he asked and she shook her head. "Nothing, I will tell you later. Right now, we have to discuss other details." She said and the masked man chuckled. "Are there any people we should be wary of when we go?" the orange haired man asked and the masked man shook his head. "No, not that I have seen. The sannin Hokage doesn't seem to be as strong as she once was, so there's no worry there. none of the other shinobi stood out any, and even if they did you already took out the strongest one there a few weeks back. Jiraiya seemed to be the only person in konoha that would have been of any threat, but as I now see those were just high expectations on an undeserving man." The masked man said and the orange haired man nodded.
"Alright, anything else?" he asked and the two shook their heads. The masked man nodded once then vanished in the familiar swirl. "Now what was it you wanted to tell me, Konan?" the orange haired man asked. "He killed a child, Nagato… a defenseless child. And he no doubt scarred the mother as well. I understand that if we want peace, we have to obtain the Bijuu, but…" she began then looked at her hands, which were folded in her lap. "What if… what if that woman… ends up like me because of this and she can no longer bear children? There's no doubt she was young, Nagato…" she said and he frowned at her.
"I understand you worries, and I know how you feel about children. But, this woman was none of our concern. I understand it is harsh, but she most likely will perish in the near future anyways, you best not dwell on it." he sighed and Konan looked at his with saddened eyes. "I understand that shinobi do not tend to live very long, and I also understand that what we are doing is to bring about eternal peace… but I believe killing that child was of a personal vendetta against Sasuke. That's all I see that as." She said and Nagato nodded. "I know, I was thinking that too. But it would be best not to vocalize those thoughts. Now, we must prepare. That other body was destroyed, so I need another. That is what we should focus on now." He said and she nodded.
"We had one body brought in this morning, would you like to inspect it?" she asked as she stood and he nodded. "Yes." He said and she nodded, taking one last glance at him. 'Yahiko. Nagato. Neither of you deserved this.' She thought with a sullen gaze before she led him to the morgue.
AH! Yosh! Updated just for You! All of you!
The questions the questions! What did Nana do to Hinata? What's the deal with the blades Tsubaki and Sakura? What evil village destroying item is sealed within the scroll!? (*rolls eyes* Trust me, its not evil and its something you have seen on another Naruto character, I'm just not going to tell you which one.)
AnYwAyS! Until the next chappie!