Alright! Second chapter for tonight! I can't stay on the computer all night guys, sorry. And if anyone's wondering, I'm only posting this fanfic here from now on. I had posted it on AO3 and tumblr, but it was too much of a hassle. This website beckons me, it's much more simple anyways.

So! I hope you guys enjoy, I also hope you see what I'm aiming for in this chapter.

Also, see if you can figure out what I'm doing with the chapter titles! I'm sure my theme is easy to guess.

Happy readings!

Chapter 4: In the Dark of the Night

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HYUUGa

The numbers on the chalkboard spelled Hyuuga, Naruto and Sasuke, after learning this fact, looked at each other. What did this mean? Were they in trouble? Either way, something was up and Naruto and Sasuke were going to figure things out.

Sakura and Kiba had just finished clearing the desks. Sakura saw that her teammates had a look of gloom, "What happened?"

She looked up at the board and saw the letters, she still had no clue what this meant, neither did Kiba. Sasuke snapped out of it, "Sakura, I need you and Kiba to search the rest of the Academy, Naruto and I need to go have a talk with Hinata and Neji."

Sakura was going to keep asking questions, but she detected that Sasuke was in no mood to answer, he and Naruto needed to leave quickly. So instead, she and Kiba nodded, she'd make sure to get some answers after they were done and when they'd have the time.

"Naruto," Sasuke called him, the blonde snapped back into reality, "let's go."

He nodded and they ran out the door, they just hoped they weren't too late.

Once they'd arrived, it was already pretty late, searching the Academy thoroughly took a while. Neji was outside and saw the two running towards him. He asked them what they were doing there.

"You mean nothing's happened? Nothing strange or suspicious?" Naruto asked out of breath.

"The only thing strange is why you two ran here in such a hurry. I don't know what you-" and then it hit him, "Is this about the rogue shinobi?"

They both nodded, still catching their breath, they'd gotten their in such a hurry.

Neji sighed, he invited the two inside. Inside, Hinata saw there was company, mainly, she saw Naruto. It took all her courage to not run into another room, Neji saw how much trouble she was having and asked if she would bring tea. She obliged and took her time, her face was flushed.

The three sat down at a table, Neji's expression was one of distaste, he didn't want that creep anywhere near Lady Hinata. Naruto wasn't exactly comfortable around Neji, or any Hyuuga really. The Hyuugas used to hunt werewolves for generations. However, after a few years, some members started getting loose with the strict set of rules that had been planted. They were only allowed to hunt werewolves who caused harm, they weren't allowed to hunt children werewolves, and they weren't allowed to kill humans. One family member burned down a family of wolves, killing humans as well as wolves, children and adults. After that, the rules were practically non-existent, so hunting was ended all together. Still, Naruto felt uneasy around Neji, his stares were some of the coldest and sharpest.

Naruto was unintentionally staring at Neji, he glanced at the blonde and Naruto turned away sheepishly. Neji crossed his arms, "What have you found out?"

There was a pause but Sasuke broke the silence, "We think he's threatening your family." Another pause, "We were searching the Academy and found a line of numbers in a class, they spelled out 'Hyuuga'."

"Does Tsunade know about this?" he asked.

It was Naruto's turn to answer, "No, we came here first, it was already pretty late and we didn't know if he'd strike here or not already. We were so wrapped up in worry, I guess we just took immediate action."

Hinata returned with a tray of cups, she set it down gently, avoiding eye contact with Naruto. The four of them took sips of the tea, Neji set his down, "Most of my family was split into teams to find this rogue shinobi, Hinata and I stayed here-"

"I told Neji he should go, I'm sure they could find him quicker if he went." Hinata interjected.

"I wasn't going to leave you here alone."

"I could've gone with a team to search for him!" She raised her voice a bit, she knew Neji meant well, but sometime she cared too much.

Naruto intervened, "Look, what's important right now is that this guy's obviously targeting you guys, so what I think we should do is regroup with Sakura and Kiba, I think they're still searching the Academy."

Neji took another sip of his tea, Hinata held her cup with both hands, after a while Neji responded, "Alright, I guess that-"

The lights go out, everyone holds their breath, they stand completely still with their guard up.

Almost out of the shadows come these black figures, they wore black demon masks, hoods, black jackets with red straps over the shoulders. Their eyes were glowing golden green, they were the only light source other than the little bit of moonlight they could receive. The four of them stood up, Neji stood in front of Hinata, they each kept their guard up. The figures all turn to Hinata, it was clear she was their target.

Neji intercedes, activating the Byakugan, but he's startled when he can't see the chakra flow of these attackers; it's almost as if they weren't there. One of the black figures approached Neji, he unsheathes a sword from inside his body, brandishing and spinning it around to intimidate. Neji was unfazed, he was determined to protect Hinata. Sasuke is able to active the Sharingan but he, like Neji, was unable to see the figures' chakra flow either. He was unable to see if this was a form of genjutsu, all he saw were shadows. It was clear that they had to fight using taijutsu. The three of them don't hold back and use all their force in attacking the figures. Sasuke manages to break one's neck, but it was no use since it was able to recover. It was the figures' turns to fight back.

Two more unsheathed swords from their bodies and stepped towards Sasuke, Naruto, and Neji. They attacked and the three tried their best to fight back, but the figures just recovered. The figures attack with ease and wounded the three badly. They each fell to the floor, one by one, Hinata was left standing. Her legs were shaking, she had a lump in her throat. She wanted to cry, she wanted to...she wanted to scream...so she did. Hinata let out a loud piercing screaming, but the sound is impossibly taken by one of the figures. She stood there in shock, the figure stepped closer and placed its hand on the left side of her face and its eyes began to glow.

Still on the floor, Neji tries to get up slowly, his body aching, he can't see what the figures are doing to Hinata. The figure releases Hinata and she sways back and forth before falling forward. Neji is furious, he urges himself to get up and fight, the figures now turn to him. However, the first few rays of sunlight enter and the figures disappear into a black smoke. Neji, just barely standing, tries to go check on Hinata, but he falls down again. There's a loud noise and Sakura, Sai, and Kakashi enter, they see that they're all wounded and help immediately. Neji's eyes start to lose focus, he looks at Hinata one more time; he can see the back of her head, her hair is all over the place, but just behind her ear, he can see something. He sees what seems to be a backwards five marked on Hinata, he tries to look closer, but his eyes blink slowly and slowly until they finally close.

Le gasp! What in the flippity dickens is going on here?! Oh...and lookit Neji, protecting Hinata like a precious bby

Also, say what?! That's right! The Hyuuga clan used to hunt werewolves! I'm connecting them to the Argent family! Theorize on that for a minute for what'll happen in the future mwahaha

What'll happen next? Stayed tuned! Next time on Naruto...

Naruto spends 5 hours sitting in the corner rocking back and forth, and Neji sells 3 stacks of chakra for $6 so he can score some smack...

So yeah! Bye bye!

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