Ch. 3 The Dream

Hinata finally reached home and Naruto kissed her goodbye. She turned and headed to her room. When she got to her door Neji was standing by it. "Oh, hey Neji." She said sadly. "Did you visit him?" he asked. She nodded, "Yes, Naruto, Temari and Don's squad joined me. Neji, I miss him."

"I know Hinata, though you never know, I hear spirits sometimes come back to those they love through dreams. Maybe he will visit you tonight." Neji said happily. Hinata nodded and entered her room and lay on her bed. It didn't take her long to fall asleep; the taps of rain outside suddenly became a soothing sound to her ears.

Hinata saw her dead friend inside the black coffin; she looked up at the sky as it began to rain. Tears ran down her face. She looked around to see everyone that Don had impacted. There were people from both her village and the sand village. All were in a great state of sadness.

All of a sudden they sky became clear and she found herself in front of Don's tree. Then Don suddenly walked out from behind it. He was smiling at her and Hinata ran up to him and hugged him tight.

"Don! I missed you!" she said. They sat down under the tree and a cool breeze wiped across their faces. "It's been a whole year Hinata, how have you been, has Naruto treated you good? Do I need to go haunt him once I'm done here?" Don said.

"No, no, he's treating me fine, but it's been a bit lonely without you. Things have slowed down since you've been gone." Hinata said. "Well, I'm here to just visit for a bit, is there anything on your mind you want to talk to me about?" he asked.

Hinata looked down and then looked at Don. "Do you blame me for your death?" she said sadly. Don smiled, "No, of course not. It was a mission, not everyone can come back from a mission like that, alive. You were my teammate after all. You were just trying to help. So don't worry, you aren't to blame, not to mention I was protecting you from dying, I knew you were too important to Naruto and others to die."

"But what about Temari? She loved you a lot, what about your teammates and Baki-sama, what about everyone else you know?" Hinata asked. "Well, I don't really know, I do miss them and I know they miss me, but at the time my life seemed less important. I had to do something; you are family to me after all and family is very important to me."

Hinata hugged him. "Hinata." Don said sternly. "Yes?" she asked. "I know that Tsunade told you why Kabuto came to the attack the village one year ago, didn't she?" Hinata looked at him and nodded.

"Well what she says is true. No one attacked the village because my father was alive but once he was gone we were a bit vulnerable because I was still young. Fortunately for us our enemy was cautious, they were unsure of my abilities and they didn't attack, the longer they waited, the less chance of our attack. A year ago that thread turned to zero because I was of age to learn the secrets of my family." Don stated.

"Then why Kabuto?" Hinata asked. "Well Kabuto knows this village and everyone in it; he killed my father after all so he knew I was the heir and that I was a bit vulnerable despite what many though as me to be of age to gain those secrets and the power. He was naturally at an advantage."

"Oh." Hinata sighed. "Now that I am gone, there is no one that can guard and master the power that was left behind to my family. After all, the power that can create can also be used to destroy what was created."

Don looked at Hinata. "I want you to be careful. There are many enemies of the village that would kill to get their hands on my family scrolls. I have no doubt that Kabuto has gained some followers and they will mean business. Fortunately they are in my father's chest that only our family chakra can open, but I fear that someone will find a way to break into it and take the scrolls."

Hinata nodded. Don then got up and helped Hinata to her feet. "It's about time I get going. It was nice seeing you again. Tell Neji I said hi." Don said and Hinata hugged him one last time and she watched as Don walked off into the distance.

Gaaazzzuuu! Gaaazzzuuu!" a loud voice said. "Ah! Who, who's there?" he said scared. "Your worst nightmare! Muahahaha!" then a dark hooded figure with a sword approached him and held the sword's end to his throat. "Are you ready to die?" the figure asked.

"No! No! I don't want to die, I am too young, I haven't even asked Rain out yet!" he shouted frantically. The figure face palmed himself. "Ok you know what; you're going to die now." The figure said and raised his sword. Gazu began to beg for his life. Then he got smacked in the head by a pillow which knocked him back and he hit the head board of his bed. He looked up to see Don laughing at him.

Gazu suddenly woke up and shouted angrily, "Dammit Don, you bastard!" Then Rain and Temari came running in. "What's wrong this time Gazu?" Rain asked sleepily. "It was Don, that bastard, came and gave me a fake nightmare then hit me with a pillow and laughed in my face about it." Gazu said pouting.

Rain and Temari didn't even question him, they just laughed. Rain laughed the hardest. Temari stopped and thought back to her dream. She smiled when she saw Don coming to her bedside. She could see he was finally happy now. He asked her how she and Shikamaru were doing and they talked a bit about different things. Before he left he kissed her and then disappeared.

"Well, it's almost sunrise, lets just eat something now that we are all up." Temari said. Gazu and Rain sat down at the table and Temari fixed them breakfast. Soon the sun was out and the morning was young. Then a knock came form the door.