Hello guyz! I decided to post this next chapter within the week since I got such motivating reviews! I was so glad and good thing too because this story will have MANY chapters to come! Enjoy Chappie 2!

HITOMI CLAN

Hinata woke up at a sudden all the while coughing out water. She couldn't recall how she got wet until she felt a stinging feeling on her left arm and as she sat up and saw it, her arm was bleeding.

Her entire left sleeve was torn off and her birthmark was exposed. Her birthmark was just below her shoulder blade and is in the image of a yin-yang symbol, as if it was tattooed on her. She always covered it with make-up but she thought the cover was washed off.

There were also three bleeding lines on her arm that made it look like she mutilated herself.

She tried healing herself but somehow, it just won't work. She concentrated harder but her concentration was broken when a voice spoke.

"Stop trying to heal yourself, dear. It won't work," a female voice said and Hinata looked up and saw a black panther staring back at her with pale white eyes.

White eyes?!

"Y-Y-You c-can t-t-talk?" Hinata stammered and grasped her bleeding arm but the big cat just nodded and walked around her in a circle…closely…as if about to kill.

Hinata was trembling…shaking to be specific, when suddenly the panther moved closer to her face and then licked…LICKED…her skin below the shoulder…the birthmark area and the bloody area!

It somewhat soothed the stinging feeling for a while but Hinata still trembled.

The panther then moved away from her and resumed her place from where Hinata saw her first.

Then out of the blue, a smaller cat, black in color with white patches on its left side of its face and left thigh and right front leg with white eyes, came closer to her.

Hinata tried to move back but since she was losing blood, she was very weak.

"H-hinata?" the smaller cat asked.

"H-How do you know m-my name?" Hinata asked the small black cat.

"It's me…" the cat responded while its body is transforming…morphing.

And Hinata just looked back at the cat which was now a tall teenage guy with a shocked expression on her face.

"Neji-niichan…" Hinata said as tears rolled down her pale cheeks.

Neji was actually Hinata's cousin. But to Hinata, he was more of an older brother.

Her cousin helped her out of her sitting position and gave her a long brotherly hug.

"I missed you…" Hinata's muffled voice said as her face was buried in his chest.

"I-I thought th-they g-got you t-too…" Hinata sniffled as she reminisced the past.

FLASHBACK 3

Hinata was only 10, three years after her mother's death which she managed to move on.

"Neji-nii!" Hinata called out to her cousin who was playing a game of chess by himself. Neji only looked at her and went back to his game.

"Want to join me in a game of chess?" Neji asked her.

"Huh? Chess? I don't know how…" Hinata said with a disappointed face.

"Don't worry, I'll teach you," Neji told her.

After a few days of playing, Hinata got used to playing chess and she went to Neji's room to play with him once again. But when she arrived in his room, it was empty.

"N-Neji-niisan?!" Hinata exclaimed nervously.

She then ran out the door and went to the front door, it was open.

And she saw Hyuugas dragging Neji to a car. Neji was gagged and he was tied with a rope.

"N-Neji-nii—hrmph!" Hinata's mouth was suddenly covered with a cloth…soaked with chloroform.

"You are never to leave this compound!" Hiashi yelled at Hinata who was now drifting to unconsciousness.

Neji-niisan…

After that, her miserable life went on as if the incident never happened and Neji never existed

END OF FLASHBACK 3

Hinata squeezed Neji even more as she remembered.

"I missed you too, Hinata…sama," Neji said and he struggled to wriggle out of her bone-crushing hug.

Hinata quirked up an eyebrow at the 'sama' honorific at the end of her name. She was about to ask why would did he say so when Neji walked past her and went back into the house, coughmansioncough.

She tried to push herself off the ground but then, remembering about her wound, she just stayed put and waited for her cousin.

As soon as she saw her cousin come back she was expecting him to bring first-aid but in his hand was just a cup.

And again, she was expecting him to give her the cup, which she suspected had water in it, but he just strode past her and deeper into the grove.

She just sighed and winced at the pain as she saw her blood drying on her skin and wet clothes.

I should stop being so expectant…

When she looked at the tree groves once again, this time she noticed Neji holding the cup, but she was sure it was filled with something, since he was holding it upright.

"Here Hinata-sama, drink this," Neji told her as he brought the cup to her lips and she gulped down the clear water of some sort. It tasted…natural…and it somewhat relaxed her entire body. She then realized that her wound was completely healed, except for the dried blood on her.

"Thank you, Neji-nii…but what was it that I drank?" Hinata asked.

"That was Morpher's Water," Neji replied. Hinata still had the confused look written all over her face.

"From Morpher's Lake," he continued the obvious but still Hinata was confused.

"It heightens a morpher's ability to morph and heal themselves," Neji added, finally making Hinata understand.

"B-But why? Why wasn't I able to morph when I fell in this lake? A-And why wasn't I able to heal even if I'm not in it?" Hinata asked, as her brain was filled with information.

"First of all, this lake is called Alter Lake, where we get Alter Water," Neji said.

"Alter Water nullifies all of the morpher's abilities. Thus rendering the morpher into a complete human state," he said, "In other words, the water from this lake will prevent your abilities from working." Hinata nodded in understanding as she stood up feeling wet and uncomfortable.

"However, Morpher's Water can counter the effect and vice versa," Neji said as he smiled.

Hinata tried to squeeze the water out of her clothes and looked back at her cousin who was morphing back into the cat she saw a while ago.

"Wh-Why did you change back into a cat?" Hinata asked her cousin.

"I…We…All of the animals and plant that you can see…are bound, because of the 'Caged Bird Seal'," Neji told her as he pointed to the seal on his forehead.

The seal looked like the Nazi symbol in between two horizontal lines. It was suppose to be a symbol of Buddha's heart and mind but the Hyuuga clan used it to seal the souls of the Hitomi clan within its borders.

"The traitor Hyuuga clan…sealed us in the Hitomi grounds…hoping for the clan to die…but we survived and waited…for you," the panther said who now morphed into an old woman.

"H-huh? I don't understand…" Hinata said.

"We can only remain human for up to 6 hours…but Haru-kun…my husband since he is the leader…and Neji, since he is still young…can remain human for at most 12. But afterwards…they will be unconscious for weeks," the panther-woman said with a sad tone and directed her hand to the black wolf that attacked her.

"Not even the Sacred Lakes can help us…but you can," the black wolf as it moved closer in to view along with many other animals as he morphed into an old man.

"I'm sorry I attacked you…I thought you were one of them," the wolf-man said.

"But now that we saw the symbol on your left arm…then we knew you were the one," he said with a warm smile.

Hinata looked at her birthmark, or symbol, and then back to the people, who were once in animal-morphs.

It just dawned on to her that her yin yang birthmark was actually a symbol depicting her place in the Hitomi clan. Apparently, she is just about royalty. The rest of the Hitomi had the symbol on their arm as well but it's incomplete, even in their morphed forms.

The white patch on Neji in his cat form was actually the white yang portion of the symbol.

"The one?" she asked once again.

"The one who will fulfill the prophecy and break the seal on the Hitomi clan," the panther woman said and at once all the people started lowering their heads and bowing at Hinata.

And as quick as lightning, Hinata's face was as red as a tomato, and you can even mistake her head for a tomato.

Just then, a giggle escaped from the panther-woman's lips and then soon enough everyone was smiling. But this only caused Hinata's face to heat up even more.

"Just like her mother," the panther woman said and everyone else nodded.

"Y-you know Kaa-san?" Hinata asked.

"Hikari…is my…elder daughter," the panther woman said.

"Th-then you must be…" Hinata started to say as she recalled a distinct memory.

FLASHBACK 2

Hinata was at the age of four and was pointing at different pictures from a picture album,

"Ooh, Okaa-san! Who are they? The lady carrying something looks like you but the man doesn't look anything like father and the girl looks a lot like me!" Hinata said to her mother, Hikari.

"Ah, those are my parents, your grandparents actually," Hikari said.

"This is Hitomi Sora," Hikari said and pointed at the woman in the picture, "she is carrying my sister, Hitomi Yuzuki," she added.

"This is Hitomi Haru," she continued and pointed at the man in the picture.

"And this girl…is me," Hikari ended with a smiling face and Hinata only responded by beaming back at her.

END OF FLASHBACK 2

"Grandmother…Sora-baachan," Hinata said as she embraced her grandmother.

As she hesitantly pulled herself away she looked towards Haru, the wolf man.

"A-and y-you must be…Grandfather…Haru-ojiichan," Hinata finally said as she also hugged her grandfather.

"B-But where is Yuzuki-basan?" Hinata asked as she pulled away from her grandfather.

Haru, Sora and Neji looked like they were going to burst out laughing for a moment and then Sora stepped forward cleared her throat.

"Sweetie…Yuzuki is…the one who saved you from *giggles* drowning…" Sora said and looked over at the lake.

Hinata followed her gaze until she saw a gray white dolphin leap out of the water and twirled in the air.

Hinata caught a glimpse of the black yin symbol on her left fin as the dolphin, also known as Hitomi Yuzuki, morphed back into human.

Yuzuki looked a lot like Hikari, but Yuzuki had an aura of extreme confidence, and a carefree nature something that both Hikari and Hinata seem to have little of.

"Now, now, don't you look a lot like Hikari-oneechan?" Yuzuki said with a bright cheery smile.

"You were thin and very light too! What were those wretched Hyuugas feeding you anyway?! Nothing?!" Yuzuki exclaimed.

"Not to worry though! This place is loaded! We'll get you filled up in no time!" Yuzuki said as she pumped a fist in the air.

Hinata couldn't help but giggle at her aunt's childish antics. And soon every Hitomi was laughing.

"Huh? What are you laughing at? Did I forget to demorph a fin or my tail?! What is it?!" Yuzuki kept on ranting about her aftermorph while everyone kept laughing.

"Well, enough about this fiasco and let's pamper you like the princess you are!" Yuzuki said and clapped her hands as a sign. And at once she was surrounded by Hitomi people.

"U-Uhm…! What are you—!?" Hinata said before she was whisked away by a mob of smiling white-eyed people.

Neji and the rest who didn't join the mob just watched and smiled at what to become of Hinata, the said princess of the Hitomi clan.

Hinata was brought, coughmanhandledcough, into the huge dining room, and plates and bowls of delicious food as well as tasty drinks was spread across the table.

"A-Ano…i-is this r-really necessary?" Hinata asked, with a hint of fear in her voice. Who knows what might happen to her…?

"Okay! Everybody! Ready? Set? Go!" Yuzuki said and pressed the button on the timer she held in her right hand.

"First off, FOOD! Stuff her till she can no longer have a bite!" Yuzuki announced. And at the exact moment, food was shoved down her throat and it was not long till she can no longer take another bite.

I-I'm so full…I-I c-can't t-take another b-b-b-bite! I-I think I'm g-g-gonna b-b-burst!

"Next, HYGIENE!" Hinata's eyes widened in total fear and tried to struggle out of the women's grips.

"Wh-what?! I-I can do it m-m-myself, thank you," Hinata tried to plead her way but was totally useless, since Yuzuki was totally oblivious to her pleas.

B-But I-I-I n-need p-p-p-privacy!!

And at once she was dragged…as in literally DRAGGED! She was dragged to the humongous bathroom with her heels digging into the carpet. And as soon as she got there, she was immediately STRIPPED of her clothes, TOSSED in the huge, warm water filled bath tub that could be mistaken for a pool, SCRUBBED by giggling women, her hair was LATHERED with TONS of shampoo by GIGGLING WOMEN, was RINSED and was FORCEFULLY COVERED with a bathrobe, and DRAGGED to the dressing room.

"Next up, CLOTHING!" Hinata's face conquered in extreme terror. Being bathed was bad enough but people clothing her?! She could look like…like…!! No words can describe what might happen to her.

LINGERIE. She was tested with undergarments, bras, and such like she was some sort of manikin...but since her skin was so pale…she could look like one.

TORSO. T-shirts, blouses, tank tops, etc. She was clothed with this then that then this. There was no end!

LOWER BODY. Pants, shorts, and skirts. She was like a model being prepared for a fashion show…though she felt nothing like it.

FOOTWEAR. Shoes, sandals, flip-flops, slippers, sneakers, trainers, etc. Her feet ached and were sore through many tries of different footwears.

"Finally HAIRDO and MAKE-UP!" was the last order of Yuzuki and it had barely been 10 minutes.

*sighs in her head* I give up…might as well hope I don't look h-horrible…

Hinata straightened out as the make-up and hairdo started. And since she didn't struggle against it, it only lasted about 1 minute. Yup, that fast.

"Well done ladies! That was a record breaking speed! Way to go!" Yuzuki announced and pumped her fist into the air as a sign of victory.

"She looks good too. Just like Hikari-oneechan," Yuzuki commented as she spun the chair so that Hinata could look at herself in the mirror. She was breath-taking.

She was wearing plain clothes but the clothes were able to match and fit her perfectly. Not too tight nor too loose. And the make-up was only slight but it enhanced her natural beauty…in other words, she was GLOWING…metaphorically speaking of course.

M-Mother…I…I look like you now…

Hinata smiled and thanked them.

"Now it is best that you be off now, it's almost five and Tsunade will come pick you up," Sora said with a smile and then she quickly covered her mouth.

"Oops! I guess I spilled the beans again. I never was good at keeping secrets," Sora added.

"S-So you mean, th-this was planned? My arrival, the wound, the tortu—er…pampering?! E-Everything?!" Hinata exclaimed in a soft voice.

"Oh, except for the attack. We never thought you would come early," Haru added with a smile.

Then they heard car horn of Tsunade's car.

"Oh, well your ride is here! Better early than late!" Yuzuki said pushing Hinata out the door.

"What about my clothes?" Hinata asked.

"They're already in your dorm…s…which reminds me…here!" Yuzuki said while tossing Neji-neko at Hinata whom she graciously caught. Neji-cat, on the other hand was trembling of fear of being TOSSED.

"Huh? Why? I thought y-you were bound in the Hitomi grounds?" Hinata asked, stroking Neji-neko trying to calm him down from the TOSS.

"Ah, we are, but those who are of age. But Neji is still 17…and the age when he would be bound is at 25, plus, he wasn't able to attend K.A. so he might as well join you as your partner," Haru said.

"P-Partner?" Hinata didn't know she needed one.

"Every morpher needs a partner of their morphing species whom they could combine morph with, normally an ordinary animal. However Hitomi clan members do not need such, because we can morph any animal, plant and thing…but we are still obliged," Sora added.

"But since all the morphers worldwide thought that Hitomi clan died out and have forgotten about us…you might as well keep a low profile and pretend you belong to a certain morpher species," Yuzuki said as she smiled as well as Neji who nuzzled up under Hinata's chin.

"Okay, I-I understand," Hinata smiled and bowed politely.

"Ah, very polite with good manners! But it is you who we should bow to, Hinata-sama. We will be waiting for your return," and they bowed at Hinata who just smiled and blushed and bowed once again saying goodbye.

"Ah, wait Hinata, dear! Take this with you," Sora said and handed her a small pouch with two zippers that concealed round marble-like pills.

"Those are solidified Morpher's and Alter Water. The blue ones in are Morpher's Water pills and the green ones are Alter Water pills, I labeled the zipper area to make sure you won't get them mixed up!" Yuzuki said with delight.

"Be safe!" Yuzuki added as Hinata walked out the front door with Neji-kitty on her left shoulder.

Hinata turned to look back at her shoulder to see her family once again and only saw animals walking back to the house. Of course, they were still Hinata's family...sealed family.

Just wait everyone. I will find a way to break the seal, and we will all be happy.

Once outside the gates, she saw Tsunade out of her car leaning back and looking at the clouds.

"Ah, like the surprise?" Tsunade asked with a grin on her face.

The better question should be "Survived the torture?" ?!?!

"Ah, y-yes…it was…u-unexpected…" Hinata gave a weak grin back at her.

"Well then, let's go! Oh and Neji…don't claw the seat or I'll use your fur to replace it," Tsunade said and Neji shivered and hid under Hinata's arm like a cute the little kitty he morphed into.

"Last stop, Konoha Academy!" Tsunade announced, Hinata smiled and Neji was still hiding under Hinata's arm.

That's it for this chapter! I hope you liked it! The reasons for the chosen names, I've typed them below:

Sora – sky

Haru – sun, sunlight, spring or clear up

Yuzuki - (yu) gentleness, superiority; (zuki) moon

Please review! I'd appreciate if you will! Ja ne!