Hanabi was sitting on the porch when she saw two teenagers approaching. She stared at them with a face that showed no emotion at all. ' Two more people who want to make me believe like they care for Neji' she thought. ' They are just like all the others. They come, ask if Neji's okay and when they hear that he's not here, they leave. They want to make me believe they care, but I know they just want to look good in front of my father and the clan. I hate people like them so much.' Ever since Neji went missing, Hanabi changed. Her usual positive and cheerful aura was replaced by sad, heartbroken one. She didn't laugh or smile, never mind that she didn't even cry. She didn't talk to anyone and was seen being alone more often.

Hanabi loved her cousin and when she heard the news she was so shocked that she fell to her knees and fainted. When she woke up she just looked at people around her like they were not there. At last she spotted Hinata at her bedside, she looked into her white eyes desperately, like she was waiting for an answer." Where is Neji?" was the only thing she said. Hinata didn't say anything, she dismissed everybody and as soon as she was left alone with her sister she hugged her and said." Don't worry Hanabi" she whispered." We'll find him." That was when it dawned on her. Neji is missing, nobody knows where he is, he's... gone. After that she hardly ever left her room and ate little. She didn't talk to anyone except Hinata. And when Sasuke and Sakura arrived she was sitting on her porch looking at them with the same emotionless eyes.

Sakura saw Hanabi from the gates and waved for her, but Hanabi didn't answer.' Maybe she can't see me' she thought. When they walked up to her she greeted.

"Hello, Hanabi" She said.

"Neji is not here. He's gone missing. My father isn't here either so you don't have to worry about him seeing how you care for my cousin. You may be able to lie to my father and sister, but I know that only thing you want is wealth and that clan will see you as friends. You don't care for Neji." Hanabi answered not even looking at them. She was staring into distance like she was not even there.

"Hanabi what-?" Before Sakura could finish what she was about to say she was cut off by a certain dark-haired Uchiha who was standing right beside her.

"I couldn't care less about you clan." He didn't say anything else, but Hanabi was taken aback. Her emotionless eyes suddenly changed and she looked at him with eyes full of anger.

"LIAR" She screamed. " You want me to believe you and then you'll leave! Like everybody else does! They don't try to help! They don't even ask if anything is clear! You are the same! Liars!"

"Hanbai, calm down. We are here, because we want to find Neji. You can't snap at people like that. The fact that Neji is missing doesn't make him dead!" Even Sakura was angry now. She could see that Hanabi has lost all hope that Neji could come back and that was driving her crazy. Neji wasn't dead! He was missing, yes but that didn't mean that he wasn't coming back.

"I-I..." Hanabi stumbled on her words. ' They are right Neji-ni-san isn't dead. He's alive. He... He'll come back... He's coming back' This thoughts filled her head and she realized that there was still hope. Neji was coming back and this two wanted to help him. " I'm sorry." She finally said." I didn't realize Neji had friends like you..." She smiled. She hasn't smiled since Neji disappeared. It was the first time she smiled after that.

"It's okay, I understand." Sakura smiled too.

"You're gonna bring him back right?" She looked at them with eyes full of hope.

"Yeah, kid. But only if you will let us look around the house for a while." Sasuke said looking down at Hanabi.

"Dad and Hinata are not at home so I guess you could do that. Oh, wait aren't you Sakura-san? Hinata's friend? She wouldn't mind then. You can stay before my father comes back." Her voice sounded cheerful again and Sakura smiled at her again.

"Thank you Hanabi."

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Naruto and Hinata reached Ichiraku. Hinata insisted on going somewhere else since it was the place where they kind of broke up. But Naruto on the other hand refused to go anywhere but Ichiraku. He said that break up didn't matter since they were still together and that nothing would make him stop loving Ichiraku's ramen. When they arrived Teuchi, owner of the shop was more than pleased to see them.

" I see you are back together" He smiled. Hinata blushed, while Naruto grinned." Can I take your order?"

"As usual, old man." Naruto replied.

"I w-will t-take the same p-please, Teuchi-san."

"Alright. Ayame where are you, we have customers." Teuchi walked away calling for his daughter.

"Ramen is the best pleasure." Naruto said with a grin." Hinata-chan?"

"Yes, Naruto-kun?"

"What's wrong? you seem down."

"Oh, I was just thinking of... thinking of..."

"Neji"

"Yes..." Hinata looked down, she felt bad. First her cousin got kidnapped, then she almost lost her boyfriend. Last week wasn't the best of her life.

"Don't worry, Hinata-chan. He'll come back, you'll see."

"Thank you, Naruto-kun." She smiled at him. Naruto always knew how to make her feel better. She hugged him and Naruto hugged her back. They would stay like this longer, but Ramen was ready and Ayame brought them two bowl of hot Ramen.

"Arigato, Ayame-san." Hinata smiled.

"You are welcome." Ayame smiled as she walked away.

"Alright, let's eat!" Naruto shouted and started eating as fast as it was humanly possible. Hinata giggled. Maybe her week was bad, but this day was going to be amazing.

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While Sasuke and Sakura were looking for clues in the Hyuga compound, somewhere in the dark, dirty room a certain Hyuga was tied to a chair of stone. His eyes were full of rage and if it was not for the chains that were holding him back, he would kill the first person he saw. Neji was more than just angry. Lot of thoughts filled his head 'Who did this? Why did they do it? Who do they think they are kidnapping a member of the main branch of the Hyuga clan? Is it for the money? I don't think so. Then what...' His thoughts were interrupted as a man in cloak came in and brought him some food. Neji couldn't see his face, a giant hood was covering everything but his mouth.

"How are you feeling, Neji-kun?" He asked with a strangely familiar voice.

"Who are you?" Neji asked calmly. Even in this situation he stayed calm. He figured it would be better if the enemy didn't know what was he feeling.

"My, my Neji-kun, you haven't figured that out yet?" Stranger smirked. " Guess you aren't as perfect as people think. Not a genius."

Neji tried to remember. This voice... and even that smirk. It was all too familiar, but he couldn't remember.

"You don't even realize, who you're dealing with." He glared at the man. "Hyugas are not going to let this slide!"

"Oh, really?" The man smirked again."I'm afraid that's not the case... Ne-Ji-kun." This manner of talking, Neji knew he had heard it somewhere but where? " Hyugas you say? Which Hyugas?" Neji was confused. What was he talking about. Just as he was about to ask, the man pulled his hood of and Neji saw white eyes. The eyes that can only be seen in the people who belong to a certain clan, Hyuga clan. " Recognize me now, Neji-kun?" The man was shocked for a moment.

"You...You are not getting away with this, Seiki." Neji threatened.

"Indeed, I am." Seiki's face turned serious. " Who's gonna stop me? Hyugas, you say? I am the Hyuga! Do you believe your foolish little cousins will save you?" Seiki laughed.

"Don't underestimate them!"

"Sure!" Seiki smirked one more time and turned to the door.

"Wait!" Neji called out. " What is your intention?"

"I will leave that for you to figure out." The man opened the door and stepped out." Neji-kun." He closed the door and Neji was left in the dark room, with strange thoughts filling his head.

A/N: I worked really hard for this chapter! I really hope you like it. I promise I will make chapters longer, not less than 1000 words, but it takes more time so I won't be updating as frequently as I did with previous chapters. Please leave reviews and tell me what you think. And thank you for reading.

~H.R.