[Death is Near] skill has activated!

[-50 to Missing Ninja Stats and Skills]

The young Uchiha stared with curiosity at the girl he just saved. He slightly recognized her as someone from his academy class that he had never talked to..ever.

Her wide featureless lavender eyes stared back at him with surprise, curiosity, and hope.

-Earlier-

Sasuke nodded as he finished getting everything together. He walked to his bathroom to give himself a once over.

He had the Shinigami's attire equipped but he tweaked it a bit and added the Uchiha Clan's fan on the back of it.

Overall it suited him and he thought it looked good.

Before he left though, he wanted to do one last thing to honor his clan.

-Cutscene-

"Sasuke-kun?! Is that you?!" Ino yelled with surprise and shock at the fact that he was still alive.

Sasuke understood her reaction. After all it had been like a day or so and word did get around fast.

He was considered K.I.A. well..in a child's sense.

"Ino.." He said as he approached the front counter.

Right now he was in the Yamanaka Flower Shop.

He was here to get multiple flowers for the 'makeshift' funeral he would have.

Interestingly enough, Ino looked like his 'death' had really impacted her in a negative way.

To the point she had ran around the front counter and was now hugging him tightly and shedding tears.

It surprised him considering he only thought of her as a fangirl and didn't think she actually felt anything real towards him.

"I'm..glad you're alive Sasuke-kun.." Ino said with sincerity and honesty.

Sasuke could say he was actually..thankful to hear that. He wondered if his 'death' had any other effects on anyone else.

As awkward as hugging was for him, he managed to soothingly rub her back.

"I appreciate that Ino, but..can you keep me being alive a secret? I plan on leaving the Leaf Village." He replied.

Ino's eyes widened at that. "What? But why??"

"I want to explore the Elemental Nations..and get stronger whilst doing so." He replied.

Ino disappointedly glanced down at that, but then an idea came inside of her mind.

"What if..I came with you?" She asked hopefully.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow in confusion at that. "What about your family? Wouldn't they feel some type of way if you left?"

He noticed how her expression changed to one of lividness and dejection.

"Well I doubt they would feel any bad if I was gone, considering how I get spit on and abused every day."

Sasuke's eyes slightly widened at that.

He never knew Ino was treated that badly by her family and would've never had guessed she was being abused.

Ino then smiled weakly as she held back tears. "Why would I want to stay at a place I'm considered as nothing and as a mistake?"

He could say he felt empathetic towards her.

'I can tell that she needs strength and someone strong and reliable by her side..I don't see anything wrong with her coming. I'll protect her.' Sasuke thought with finality.

He then peered into Ino's eyes. "Pack your things and everything you need. After meet me at the Uchiha Compound. We're leaving tonight."

Ino's face brightened up by the hundreds at that and she smiled widely.

"Okay Sasuke-kun!"

-Cutscene-

"GAH!"

A young girl painfully screamed as she was kicked hard into a tree.

"HaHa how's it feel to be discarded like trash by your own clan? I almost feel pity." A man evilly laughed at her.

From the slit in his headband, anyone could tell that he was a missing ninja.

Unfortunately the young girl, Hinata Hyuga, came in contact with him at the worse possible time of her life.

Weak

Useless

Fragile

Nugatory

And much more were the words that rang in her head from her former clan members as she was kicked out.

She still remembers the cold,ruthless,and straight faced expression of her Father.

It deepened the hole in her already voided heart.

"You're lucky we even let you leave with clothes on your back..be thankful."

Those were the last words she heard from her Father.

"It was your destiny to be exiled from the Hyuga Clan. Weaklings don't belong here."

Those were the last words from her cousin Neji Hyuga.

"Your little sister will perform much greater than you ever will."

Those were the last word-

Hinata's thoughts immediately paused as she heard the sound of a belt buckle.

"Yknow since we're in these woods by ourselves and no one is coming to save you..how about I give you what your clan never did haha?" A malignant smirk graced the missing Ninja's face as he slowly approached Hinata with his pants unzipped.

Hinata was petrified and scared as she found herself unable to move. She couldn't stop the tears from falling from her eyes as the man walked towards her.

'T-This is it huh?? T-they were r-right I'm r-really am w-weak.' She thought with sorrow.

Her eyes tightly shut closed as she faced the inevitable.

"Don't worry, I'll make it qu-" The man was interrupted by a heavy pressure.

[Death is Near] skill has activated!

[-50 to Missing Ninja Stats and Skills]

[P͠a͠r͠a͠l͠y͠z͠e͠ ] effect has activated!

The young Uchiha stared with curiosity at the girl he just saved. He slightly recognized her as someone from his academy class that he had never talked to..ever.

Her wide featureless lavender eyes stared back at him with surprise, curiosity, and hope.

"Hinata?!" Ino yelled to her and ran her way.

That's right, her name was Hinata Hyuga.

She looked like an emotional wreck and worse for wear.

Once Ino reached her, she looked her over for injuries. "Gosh Hinata are you okay?! What did that creep do?!" She yelled with anger evident in her voice. She helped Hinata slowly sit up straight.

Hinata was about to speak, but suddenly coughed up a glob of blood.

Ino yelled her name again and Sasuke walked to her himself. He equipped an item from his inventory.

"Here take this." He said as he held a small medium sized bottle her way. It was filled with some type of green liquid. "It's a healing potion and it will completely heal you."

Ino grabbed the potion for Hinata and then slowly poured it in her mouth.

As she was doing that, Sasuke turned around and faced the Missing Ninja.

"You.." He started as he looked the shaking bastard over. "words can't explain how filth like you don't deserve to live."

The Missing Ninja was frozen in place by the Paralyze effect and couldn't say or do anything.

A dark and deadly smirk graced Sasuke's face. "I know exactly what to do with you."

-Ino and Hinata pov-

"How could they just throw you away like that Hinata?" Ino asked as she felt sad for her. She and Hinata were acquaintances at best, but Hinata was nice and friendly. She definitely didn't deserve that.

The healing potion completely healed and rejuvenated Hinata. Her eyes were bloodshot red from the tears as she hugged Ino.

"B-because I'm w-weak and u-useless." She stuttered out quietly and despondently.

"Hinata.." Ino paused as she tightly hugged Hinata back. She could definitely empathize with Hinata because she felt the same way about her family as well. It was crazy how similar the two actually were.

'Maybe she can come with Sasuke-kun and I.'

The sudden thought made her temporarily pause and a slow smile appeared on her face.

"How about you come with us Hinata?"

Hinata's head snapped up towards Ino at the unexpected suggestion.

Ino gave her a nod. "Sasuke-kun will take care of us for sure. Plus we can get stronger as well..so no one can call us weak anymore." She said with support.

Hinata thought about it.

At this point she literally had nothing to lose.

She didn't have a family anymore.

Her pride as a Kunoichi was almost nonexistent.

Plus her dignity was teetering on the edge of a broken heart.

But there was one problem though..

"W-what if he s-says no?"

After all she of course knew of Sasuke, but they had never talked with each other before.

To be honest she'd never thought about it and even if she did, she would've never got past his massive fangirl base.

Ino was about to say something, until they heard his voice.

"I won't. As a matter of fact I welcome you with open arms. I know we haven't really talked before-" Sasuke held his hands out to them. "but let's change that."

Ino warmly smiled at him and accepted his hand with ease. He lifted her up.

Hinata had a thoughtful look on her face and then it turned into a small smile.

"A-alright Sasuke-san." She replied as she accepted his hand and he lifted her up.

"Um Sasuke-kun.." Ino started as she looked at him.

Sasuke gave her a curious expression.

"What happened to that creepy guy?" She asked with curiosity. Hinata was curious herself too.

"Let's just say there's a lot of creative and imaginative things you can do with Genjutsu." He said subtly.