Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Mokushita Hyuuga ❯ Chapter 6
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By: Moghedian 
Disclaimer: Naruto and all related characters belong to Kishimoto, not me.
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.18.2006 | Updated On: 02.11.2007 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.2K | Visits: 836 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: Naruto and all related characters belong to Kishimoto, not me.
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.18.2006 | Updated On: 02.11.2007 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.2K | Visits: 836 | Status: Work In Progress
Chapter 6
Hinata groaned. She hated walking. They'de been walking for the better part of three hours. Yamato looked like he was twitching, no doubt he must hate walking too. Kasumi had a smile on that was barely being held. She finally reached out and tugged on Yamato's arm.
"Yamato-kun, can't you just carry me, I can see that both you and Hinata-san want to tree jump, right?" Yamato sighed and grinned. her moved his bags around, and hoisted Kasumi onto his back as if she weighed nothing. Jumping into a tree, Hinata followed. She couldnt help but smile at the feeling of the wind in her face.
"If you can go a little faster, Yamato-san, we can get to the refuge village in just under an hour." Hinata pumped chakra to her legs and jumped farther and faster to prove a point. Yamato smiled and did the same.
After a while, around 40 minutes, as Hinata guesstimated, Hinata caught a glimpse of the village. She jumped down out of the trees ans signaled Yamato to do the same.
"Ok, so at this village, you must call me Minako." Hinata said, once they stopped.
"Why?" Kasumi asked. Hinata looked to her left, biting her lip.
"There are ANBU everywhere, and I dont wanna be seen." She raised her hands to her chest and performed a few quick hand seals. A small poofing sound was heard and Kasumi gasped.
In place of Hinata was a girl, the same height, and the same hair length, but it was brown instead of dark blue. Her eyes were brown, and her outfit was a simple villager's kimono. The new Hinata just took a step forward and continued down the road. Yamato and Kasumi soon jogged to catch up.
"We will be there in about 10 minutes. We can stop to rest, but not for the night. I have to leave you two for a few minutes when we get there. So when we separate, meet me at the east exit exactly 2 hours afterward."
Kasumi raised her hands. To her, Hinata seemed to have undergone a personality change. Gone was the quiet and kind voice, and instead it was replace by a harsher tone. Kasumi assumed it was the village and left it at that. Some secrets she didn't need to know.
The three soon reached the village and after the first few houses on the main street were passed, Hinata turned around and regarded her escortees with brown eyes.
"Ok, so meet me at the east exit in two hours." And then just walked away. Kasumi shrugged and pulled Yamato to the nearest dango shop. Hinata walked around and noted a few ANBU walking around, leisurly, but she didn't see anyone she knew, and she didn't dare use her byakugan to look under the masks. The henge she was wearing was just a simple basic one. She stopped at a small cafe and ordered a cup of mint tea. Sitting in on the patio area she lifted the cup and inhaled. Mint always calmed her. Sighing, she sipped and placed her teacup back on the table.
"Ino! Ino over here!" Hinata jerked her head up and saw a woman with a short skirt and tall boots waving her hand. Hinata then saw her bright pink hair and immediatly deduced it to be Sakura. Kami-sama she missed them. The other woman who joined her had long platinum blond hair, and was wearing a rather tight dress, complimented with strategically placed netting. Ino, as Sakura had said was also dragging along a little boy, who looked alot like her, but with short black hair. Hinata assumed that that boy was Ino's son, as Neji had said.
"Ah! Sakura, how are you? Me and Nazo are here for a session with Ibiki." Hinata wince inwardly, Ibiki still scared her. Sakura nodded and hugged Ino.
"Wanna get some tea? I have an awesome story to tell you." Ino nodded and her eye's flashed.
"Anything to do with your vacation with Sasuke?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"Watch it missy, or I'll tell our dear Sai that you've been checking out other men. Other taken men." Ino laughed and sat down in the patio a few tables away from Hinata.
"So what's this story?" Ino said as Sakura brought the two cups of tea to the table. Sitting down she said,
"Well, the three of us are on our way back to Konoha, but we passed through here a week ago. Sasuke needed to see Ibiki, and I tagged along hoping to see you." Ino sighed.
"I was helping Sai, he wanted my opinion on what colours to paint the new crib we bought." She patted her slightly bulging stomach. "I heard that Choji's wife is expecting too. That means we'll have another generation of Ino-Shika-Cho on our hands." Sakura folded her hands.
"I thought that Shikamaru said he was gonna go join Sand to be with Temari?" Ino nodded, sipping her tea.
"Me too, but maybe when he hears of Choji he'll convince Temari to join Konoha...whatever they'll figure it out. So what was this important news."
"Oh yea! Well, last week, I ran into the most peculiar sight. Shikamaru and Neji, and a boy they had in tow." Hinata perked up.
"Yea, ok, a little odd for Shikamaru, but everyone knows Neji loves kids." Sakura nodded and continued.
"Yea, but you see, this kid, Kami-sama was a carbon copy of Naruto! But he had eyes as green as mine. I swear, it was like being kids again." Ino had leaned forward, Hinata as well.
"You dont suppose...you dont suppose that rumour of Naruto still being alive are true? I mean, no one ever found his body." Sakura looked down sadly.
"Ino, you know what Kiba said, there was too much blood on the ground for anyone to have possibly lived." Ino sat back and sighed. Hinata decided to speak.
"Ano, did you say Naruto? Im sorry, I couldn't help but overhear. I uh, I'm a librarian for a small village on the edge of fire country, and the legend of Naruto was always my favorite. But it seemed that he just vanished about ten years ago..." Hinata said, Ino looked at her with no emotion on her face. Sakura on the other hand looked at her with a slightly surprised look.
Ino coughed and said,
"Well, he actually died...9 years ago now." Hinata slumped slightly.
"Oh...pity really. Do you know how he died?" Sakura spoke up next.
"Yes. We do. When we first heard about it, Hyuuga Hiashi said that his girlfriend, the Hyuuga heir went mad and killed him. She was then run out of the village, and chased for a full day before her cousin, Hyuuga Neji killed her. Neji-san came back, covered in blood, and said that he destroyed the body where it was, and gave her a proper burial. It was a very sad day. You see, I was on Naruto's genin team, and us both here were friends with Hinata.
We wore black for a week. When Tsunade-sama, our Hokage, had heard that Naruto had been murdered, she order his body to be exhumed and given a proper burial, and we wanted to give him the best funeral ever." Ino and Hinata nodded. Sakura took another breath, and a few tears leaked out of her eyes. Ino's eyes were shining, and Hinata had a lump in her throat she couldn't swallow. Ino spoke next.
"Yes, and you can imagine our horror when Hiashi told Tsunade, out in public even, I was there, that he had had Naruto's body dumped in the woods. I think Tsunade almost fainted. You see, she regarded him as her little brother almost. I heard somewhere that he was going to be her sucessor. It was a sad time, and by the time she got the Inuzuka family out scouting for his body, the leader, Inuzuka Kiba-kun, said that all he found was a patch of blood spread out in the way that it suggests he was eaten by animals.
Later that day Neji came back and told everyone that Hinata had been killed. She had tried to fight him, and while he still tried to take her alive, he had to resort to her death. But being her cousin, he decided that he was going to do the honourable thing and give her a burial." Ino looked at Sakura, and then back at Hinata.
"He wont tell us where though. I really wish he would." Sakura said. Hinata sat back and used her sleeve to wipe away a few tears that had fallen.
"Oh my, that's a tragic way to end a story..." Hinata said, choking back her tears.
Was that the story her father was giving out? She resisted the urge to throw up, and bit her lip instead. She gasped slightly when she tasted copper. Bringing a hand to her lip she touched and and looked at her finger. Sigh. Blood.
"Oh, here, let me fix that." Sakura's finger lit up in green fire and she touched Hinata's lip. The cut dissolved in an instant. Hinata bowed her head and murmured a thanks.
"So. What did you say your name was?" Ino said. Hinata looked at her and said,
"Tsukino Minako. Pleased to meet you both." Ino bowed back and said,
"Pleased to meet you as well, I'm Yamanako Ino, and this is my childhood friend Uchiha Sakura."
"Uchiha? The massacred clan?" Hinata faked ignorance. It felt nice to be talking to her old friends again, even if she wasn't supposed to be their friend.
"Yea, I married the only survivor. My orginal name is Haruno. But Sasuke isn't the only survivor anymore. We have a son, and he is the new heir to the Uchiha name." Sakura said, and then sighed.
"I have Naruto to thank for the chance to revive the clan. He was the one who rescued him from Orochimaru in the first place." Hinata nodded. She knew that story. She was there.
"Mama? Are you done talking about Naruto-sama? Can we get dango now?" The small black haired boy said, tugging on Ino's arm. Hinata had forgotten about him, he was so quiet. Ino laughed. She patted her son on the head and said,
"Oh, right, this is my son Nazo. He's both my husband's apprentice in the arts, and I'm prepping him for a future with Ibiki and I in the workings of the mind. He takes to it very well." Nazo grinned and said,
"I like knowing what people are thinking. Once I took over the mind of a cat with the family jutsu too!" Hinata smiled. Neji was right, he was insane. Nazo looked down and blushed.
"Of course, Machiko-chan chased me around the yard when she found out I used her cat..." Hinata and Ino laughed. Sakura looked down the street a little and stood up.
"Well, Ino, Minako-san, Nazo-chan, I see my Sasuke coming up the road. It was nice to see you all. Mina-san sayonara." and with that Sakura bowed and left to be joined by a tall and dark looking man holding a small todler with bright pink hair. Hinata nearly laughed out loud. Sasuke looked at her and Ino. His eyes flashed red for a second, and then widened.
Hinata nearly cursed. Avoiding his eyes, she said good bye to Ino and left as quickly as she could. Once she reached a ramen stand, she sat down and ordered miso.
Chikuso! I forgot, Sharingan can see through genjutsu. He probably saw the real me for a second. Hopefully he wont recognize me. We werent much of friends. Hinata wiped the sweat off of her forehead.
Nearby a blonde was staring at her best friend's husband.
"What did you do? I almost got through her defence!" Ino said, huffing. Nazo looked at his 'uncle' Sasuke expectantly.
"I flashed my sharingan. Something about her didn't sit right." Sasuke said. Sakura said,
"Did you see anything unusual?" Sasuke let out a dry chuckle.
"She was using henge. Not a very complex henge, but a henge nonethless." Ino stood up, and dragged Nazo out to her friends. In a whisper she said,
"That girl, who ever she was, totally lied about who she was. I could read it on her face. But if she was a spy, she wasn't a very informed one. The surprise on her face when we told her about his death was genuine."
"Sasuke-kun, did you get a glimpse of what she really looked like?" Sasuke nodded.
"Not a very good one, but she had dark hair, black, maybe a dark gray, blue, something like that. Her eyes though. I only got a flash of them." He stopped, and Ino nudged Sasuke to continue.
"Well? What colour were they? Don't keep us waiting." Ino said.
"Silver. Maybe a light blue or purple, but very pale." He said. Ino's eye's widened as did Sakura's.
"You dont...you dont think..." Ino said. She had no need to finish.
"Also, last week, do you remember that kid that Neji was with?" Sakura nodded.
"He had something on his eyes. I dont know what, it was a complex jutsu what ever it was, but his chakra was slightly more concentrated there. It might have been a bloodline though. If it was a bloodline, I'd like to study it." Sasuke said, a look of thoughtfullness on his face. Sakura and Ino just looked at each other.
"We'll have to have a talk with Neji-san." Sakura said after a moment. Ino nodded and looked in the direction 'Minako' left.
"Yamato! Hurry up, we are already late!" Kasumi said, trying to tug Yamato out of a small trinket shop. Yamato sighed and said,
"Just a second, ah, never mind. Ok, let's go." Kasumi rolled her eyes and tugged Yamato towards the east exit. Standing by the statue that was there, Kasumi looked around. She didn't see Hinata anywhere.
Yamato then nudged Kasumi arm and motioned for her to look to the left. A girl with bound up black hair and bright green eyes, wearing a red, dusty, and thin jacket was walking towards them. Kasumi whispered,
"She redid her henge? Quick, don't stare, pretend to not see her." The red jacketed girl came up to them and said,
"Let's go. I nearly got caught." Kasumi nodded and followed Hinata out of the village. After the village was out of sight, Hinata turned to the couple and said,
"Ok. So can I ask how you knew it was me?" Kasumi gaped and pointed at Yamato. Hinata looked at Yamato. He raised his hand and said,
"Retired genin here, genjutsu was my specialty." Hinata rolled her eyes and raised her hand to her chest. Holding two fingers up she quietly said,
"Byakugan!" Kasumi leaned around to see Hinata's face, and was startled to see the veins around her eyes.
"Neat! Kekkei genkai?" she said, Hinata gave a curt nod and continued to scout around.
"There's a few shinobi 7km that way," she raised her arm indicating direction, "No ANBU around ether. Good." She released her byakugan and and lept into a tree. Yamato swept Kasumi onto his back and followed Hinata.
"How long by treetops will it take to get to Konoha?" Kasumi yelled out to Hinata.
"Uhn, I'm not sure, but I can think that we can make it by the evening, after dark at the latest." Kasumi nodded and rested her head against Yamato's back.
The trio stopped once more when the sun started to set. They ate and picked up the pace. There was only an hour or two of sunlight left. After another 2 hours of tree jumping, the light had long disapeared and Hinata raised her hand and dropped to the ground. Yamato followed and put down Kasumi, loading her with a few bags.
Hinata's cheeks were red and she was breathing hard, but not as hard as Yamato. He was puffing, and gratefully accepted the water Kasumi gave him.
"Ok, let's take a breather here and walk the rest of the way. Konoha is about 20 minutes away, if memory serves me right." Hinata sat down and activate her eyes. Not seeing anyone anywhere close by, she turned it off and heaved a sigh. She hadn't run this much since before Kouden was born.
After a few minutes, the red in Yamato's face had gone down to a slight dusting of said colour, and Hinata's face looked completely normal. Hinata stood up and picked up her bags. Kasumi scrambled up and dusted her odd skirt off. She then hauled Yamato up and took a few bags.
Hinata looked at herself and raised a hand to her chest. With a pop, she released the henge.
"What are you doing?" Kasumi said, Hinata went through a few hand seals before she answered.
"Weaving a better henge. One that can't be seen through." Another pop and a bit of smoke later, and Hinata had raven black hair still up in a ponytail and bright green eyes. Her attire was a red jacket that resembled an unbound yukata, the pants she wore were her originals. Hinata turned back to Kasumi and Yamato.
"You ready? Let's go." Kasumi nodded and followed after her.
It didn't take as long as Yamato would have thought. After 5 or 6 minutes of walking, the main road started to look more and more used. Another ten minutes and they had reached the gates.
"Wow! Konoha is huge!" Kasumi whispered. Hinata nodded. They weren't alone. A few other people, travelers and a few shinobi, were streaming into the gate. The three blended into the crowd and successfully entered Konohagakure.
"So I suppose we should find a hotel for the night, and you two can start your buisness tomorrow, or set up and what not. I'll be leaving you guys in the morning." Kasumi blinked.
"You're leaving us?" Hinata nodded. Kasumi slumped a bit, but picked her bags up and let Hinata lead them to a hotel.
End Chapter 6
Hinata groaned. She hated walking. They'de been walking for the better part of three hours. Yamato looked like he was twitching, no doubt he must hate walking too. Kasumi had a smile on that was barely being held. She finally reached out and tugged on Yamato's arm.
"Yamato-kun, can't you just carry me, I can see that both you and Hinata-san want to tree jump, right?" Yamato sighed and grinned. her moved his bags around, and hoisted Kasumi onto his back as if she weighed nothing. Jumping into a tree, Hinata followed. She couldnt help but smile at the feeling of the wind in her face.
"If you can go a little faster, Yamato-san, we can get to the refuge village in just under an hour." Hinata pumped chakra to her legs and jumped farther and faster to prove a point. Yamato smiled and did the same.
After a while, around 40 minutes, as Hinata guesstimated, Hinata caught a glimpse of the village. She jumped down out of the trees ans signaled Yamato to do the same.
"Ok, so at this village, you must call me Minako." Hinata said, once they stopped.
"Why?" Kasumi asked. Hinata looked to her left, biting her lip.
"There are ANBU everywhere, and I dont wanna be seen." She raised her hands to her chest and performed a few quick hand seals. A small poofing sound was heard and Kasumi gasped.
In place of Hinata was a girl, the same height, and the same hair length, but it was brown instead of dark blue. Her eyes were brown, and her outfit was a simple villager's kimono. The new Hinata just took a step forward and continued down the road. Yamato and Kasumi soon jogged to catch up.
"We will be there in about 10 minutes. We can stop to rest, but not for the night. I have to leave you two for a few minutes when we get there. So when we separate, meet me at the east exit exactly 2 hours afterward."
Kasumi raised her hands. To her, Hinata seemed to have undergone a personality change. Gone was the quiet and kind voice, and instead it was replace by a harsher tone. Kasumi assumed it was the village and left it at that. Some secrets she didn't need to know.
The three soon reached the village and after the first few houses on the main street were passed, Hinata turned around and regarded her escortees with brown eyes.
"Ok, so meet me at the east exit in two hours." And then just walked away. Kasumi shrugged and pulled Yamato to the nearest dango shop. Hinata walked around and noted a few ANBU walking around, leisurly, but she didn't see anyone she knew, and she didn't dare use her byakugan to look under the masks. The henge she was wearing was just a simple basic one. She stopped at a small cafe and ordered a cup of mint tea. Sitting in on the patio area she lifted the cup and inhaled. Mint always calmed her. Sighing, she sipped and placed her teacup back on the table.
"Ino! Ino over here!" Hinata jerked her head up and saw a woman with a short skirt and tall boots waving her hand. Hinata then saw her bright pink hair and immediatly deduced it to be Sakura. Kami-sama she missed them. The other woman who joined her had long platinum blond hair, and was wearing a rather tight dress, complimented with strategically placed netting. Ino, as Sakura had said was also dragging along a little boy, who looked alot like her, but with short black hair. Hinata assumed that that boy was Ino's son, as Neji had said.
"Ah! Sakura, how are you? Me and Nazo are here for a session with Ibiki." Hinata wince inwardly, Ibiki still scared her. Sakura nodded and hugged Ino.
"Wanna get some tea? I have an awesome story to tell you." Ino nodded and her eye's flashed.
"Anything to do with your vacation with Sasuke?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"Watch it missy, or I'll tell our dear Sai that you've been checking out other men. Other taken men." Ino laughed and sat down in the patio a few tables away from Hinata.
"So what's this story?" Ino said as Sakura brought the two cups of tea to the table. Sitting down she said,
"Well, the three of us are on our way back to Konoha, but we passed through here a week ago. Sasuke needed to see Ibiki, and I tagged along hoping to see you." Ino sighed.
"I was helping Sai, he wanted my opinion on what colours to paint the new crib we bought." She patted her slightly bulging stomach. "I heard that Choji's wife is expecting too. That means we'll have another generation of Ino-Shika-Cho on our hands." Sakura folded her hands.
"I thought that Shikamaru said he was gonna go join Sand to be with Temari?" Ino nodded, sipping her tea.
"Me too, but maybe when he hears of Choji he'll convince Temari to join Konoha...whatever they'll figure it out. So what was this important news."
"Oh yea! Well, last week, I ran into the most peculiar sight. Shikamaru and Neji, and a boy they had in tow." Hinata perked up.
"Yea, ok, a little odd for Shikamaru, but everyone knows Neji loves kids." Sakura nodded and continued.
"Yea, but you see, this kid, Kami-sama was a carbon copy of Naruto! But he had eyes as green as mine. I swear, it was like being kids again." Ino had leaned forward, Hinata as well.
"You dont suppose...you dont suppose that rumour of Naruto still being alive are true? I mean, no one ever found his body." Sakura looked down sadly.
"Ino, you know what Kiba said, there was too much blood on the ground for anyone to have possibly lived." Ino sat back and sighed. Hinata decided to speak.
"Ano, did you say Naruto? Im sorry, I couldn't help but overhear. I uh, I'm a librarian for a small village on the edge of fire country, and the legend of Naruto was always my favorite. But it seemed that he just vanished about ten years ago..." Hinata said, Ino looked at her with no emotion on her face. Sakura on the other hand looked at her with a slightly surprised look.
Ino coughed and said,
"Well, he actually died...9 years ago now." Hinata slumped slightly.
"Oh...pity really. Do you know how he died?" Sakura spoke up next.
"Yes. We do. When we first heard about it, Hyuuga Hiashi said that his girlfriend, the Hyuuga heir went mad and killed him. She was then run out of the village, and chased for a full day before her cousin, Hyuuga Neji killed her. Neji-san came back, covered in blood, and said that he destroyed the body where it was, and gave her a proper burial. It was a very sad day. You see, I was on Naruto's genin team, and us both here were friends with Hinata.
We wore black for a week. When Tsunade-sama, our Hokage, had heard that Naruto had been murdered, she order his body to be exhumed and given a proper burial, and we wanted to give him the best funeral ever." Ino and Hinata nodded. Sakura took another breath, and a few tears leaked out of her eyes. Ino's eyes were shining, and Hinata had a lump in her throat she couldn't swallow. Ino spoke next.
"Yes, and you can imagine our horror when Hiashi told Tsunade, out in public even, I was there, that he had had Naruto's body dumped in the woods. I think Tsunade almost fainted. You see, she regarded him as her little brother almost. I heard somewhere that he was going to be her sucessor. It was a sad time, and by the time she got the Inuzuka family out scouting for his body, the leader, Inuzuka Kiba-kun, said that all he found was a patch of blood spread out in the way that it suggests he was eaten by animals.
Later that day Neji came back and told everyone that Hinata had been killed. She had tried to fight him, and while he still tried to take her alive, he had to resort to her death. But being her cousin, he decided that he was going to do the honourable thing and give her a burial." Ino looked at Sakura, and then back at Hinata.
"He wont tell us where though. I really wish he would." Sakura said. Hinata sat back and used her sleeve to wipe away a few tears that had fallen.
"Oh my, that's a tragic way to end a story..." Hinata said, choking back her tears.
Was that the story her father was giving out? She resisted the urge to throw up, and bit her lip instead. She gasped slightly when she tasted copper. Bringing a hand to her lip she touched and and looked at her finger. Sigh. Blood.
"Oh, here, let me fix that." Sakura's finger lit up in green fire and she touched Hinata's lip. The cut dissolved in an instant. Hinata bowed her head and murmured a thanks.
"So. What did you say your name was?" Ino said. Hinata looked at her and said,
"Tsukino Minako. Pleased to meet you both." Ino bowed back and said,
"Pleased to meet you as well, I'm Yamanako Ino, and this is my childhood friend Uchiha Sakura."
"Uchiha? The massacred clan?" Hinata faked ignorance. It felt nice to be talking to her old friends again, even if she wasn't supposed to be their friend.
"Yea, I married the only survivor. My orginal name is Haruno. But Sasuke isn't the only survivor anymore. We have a son, and he is the new heir to the Uchiha name." Sakura said, and then sighed.
"I have Naruto to thank for the chance to revive the clan. He was the one who rescued him from Orochimaru in the first place." Hinata nodded. She knew that story. She was there.
"Mama? Are you done talking about Naruto-sama? Can we get dango now?" The small black haired boy said, tugging on Ino's arm. Hinata had forgotten about him, he was so quiet. Ino laughed. She patted her son on the head and said,
"Oh, right, this is my son Nazo. He's both my husband's apprentice in the arts, and I'm prepping him for a future with Ibiki and I in the workings of the mind. He takes to it very well." Nazo grinned and said,
"I like knowing what people are thinking. Once I took over the mind of a cat with the family jutsu too!" Hinata smiled. Neji was right, he was insane. Nazo looked down and blushed.
"Of course, Machiko-chan chased me around the yard when she found out I used her cat..." Hinata and Ino laughed. Sakura looked down the street a little and stood up.
"Well, Ino, Minako-san, Nazo-chan, I see my Sasuke coming up the road. It was nice to see you all. Mina-san sayonara." and with that Sakura bowed and left to be joined by a tall and dark looking man holding a small todler with bright pink hair. Hinata nearly laughed out loud. Sasuke looked at her and Ino. His eyes flashed red for a second, and then widened.
Hinata nearly cursed. Avoiding his eyes, she said good bye to Ino and left as quickly as she could. Once she reached a ramen stand, she sat down and ordered miso.
Chikuso! I forgot, Sharingan can see through genjutsu. He probably saw the real me for a second. Hopefully he wont recognize me. We werent much of friends. Hinata wiped the sweat off of her forehead.
Nearby a blonde was staring at her best friend's husband.
"What did you do? I almost got through her defence!" Ino said, huffing. Nazo looked at his 'uncle' Sasuke expectantly.
"I flashed my sharingan. Something about her didn't sit right." Sasuke said. Sakura said,
"Did you see anything unusual?" Sasuke let out a dry chuckle.
"She was using henge. Not a very complex henge, but a henge nonethless." Ino stood up, and dragged Nazo out to her friends. In a whisper she said,
"That girl, who ever she was, totally lied about who she was. I could read it on her face. But if she was a spy, she wasn't a very informed one. The surprise on her face when we told her about his death was genuine."
"Sasuke-kun, did you get a glimpse of what she really looked like?" Sasuke nodded.
"Not a very good one, but she had dark hair, black, maybe a dark gray, blue, something like that. Her eyes though. I only got a flash of them." He stopped, and Ino nudged Sasuke to continue.
"Well? What colour were they? Don't keep us waiting." Ino said.
"Silver. Maybe a light blue or purple, but very pale." He said. Ino's eye's widened as did Sakura's.
"You dont...you dont think..." Ino said. She had no need to finish.
"Also, last week, do you remember that kid that Neji was with?" Sakura nodded.
"He had something on his eyes. I dont know what, it was a complex jutsu what ever it was, but his chakra was slightly more concentrated there. It might have been a bloodline though. If it was a bloodline, I'd like to study it." Sasuke said, a look of thoughtfullness on his face. Sakura and Ino just looked at each other.
"We'll have to have a talk with Neji-san." Sakura said after a moment. Ino nodded and looked in the direction 'Minako' left.
"Yamato! Hurry up, we are already late!" Kasumi said, trying to tug Yamato out of a small trinket shop. Yamato sighed and said,
"Just a second, ah, never mind. Ok, let's go." Kasumi rolled her eyes and tugged Yamato towards the east exit. Standing by the statue that was there, Kasumi looked around. She didn't see Hinata anywhere.
Yamato then nudged Kasumi arm and motioned for her to look to the left. A girl with bound up black hair and bright green eyes, wearing a red, dusty, and thin jacket was walking towards them. Kasumi whispered,
"She redid her henge? Quick, don't stare, pretend to not see her." The red jacketed girl came up to them and said,
"Let's go. I nearly got caught." Kasumi nodded and followed Hinata out of the village. After the village was out of sight, Hinata turned to the couple and said,
"Ok. So can I ask how you knew it was me?" Kasumi gaped and pointed at Yamato. Hinata looked at Yamato. He raised his hand and said,
"Retired genin here, genjutsu was my specialty." Hinata rolled her eyes and raised her hand to her chest. Holding two fingers up she quietly said,
"Byakugan!" Kasumi leaned around to see Hinata's face, and was startled to see the veins around her eyes.
"Neat! Kekkei genkai?" she said, Hinata gave a curt nod and continued to scout around.
"There's a few shinobi 7km that way," she raised her arm indicating direction, "No ANBU around ether. Good." She released her byakugan and and lept into a tree. Yamato swept Kasumi onto his back and followed Hinata.
"How long by treetops will it take to get to Konoha?" Kasumi yelled out to Hinata.
"Uhn, I'm not sure, but I can think that we can make it by the evening, after dark at the latest." Kasumi nodded and rested her head against Yamato's back.
The trio stopped once more when the sun started to set. They ate and picked up the pace. There was only an hour or two of sunlight left. After another 2 hours of tree jumping, the light had long disapeared and Hinata raised her hand and dropped to the ground. Yamato followed and put down Kasumi, loading her with a few bags.
Hinata's cheeks were red and she was breathing hard, but not as hard as Yamato. He was puffing, and gratefully accepted the water Kasumi gave him.
"Ok, let's take a breather here and walk the rest of the way. Konoha is about 20 minutes away, if memory serves me right." Hinata sat down and activate her eyes. Not seeing anyone anywhere close by, she turned it off and heaved a sigh. She hadn't run this much since before Kouden was born.
After a few minutes, the red in Yamato's face had gone down to a slight dusting of said colour, and Hinata's face looked completely normal. Hinata stood up and picked up her bags. Kasumi scrambled up and dusted her odd skirt off. She then hauled Yamato up and took a few bags.
Hinata looked at herself and raised a hand to her chest. With a pop, she released the henge.
"What are you doing?" Kasumi said, Hinata went through a few hand seals before she answered.
"Weaving a better henge. One that can't be seen through." Another pop and a bit of smoke later, and Hinata had raven black hair still up in a ponytail and bright green eyes. Her attire was a red jacket that resembled an unbound yukata, the pants she wore were her originals. Hinata turned back to Kasumi and Yamato.
"You ready? Let's go." Kasumi nodded and followed after her.
It didn't take as long as Yamato would have thought. After 5 or 6 minutes of walking, the main road started to look more and more used. Another ten minutes and they had reached the gates.
"Wow! Konoha is huge!" Kasumi whispered. Hinata nodded. They weren't alone. A few other people, travelers and a few shinobi, were streaming into the gate. The three blended into the crowd and successfully entered Konohagakure.
"So I suppose we should find a hotel for the night, and you two can start your buisness tomorrow, or set up and what not. I'll be leaving you guys in the morning." Kasumi blinked.
"You're leaving us?" Hinata nodded. Kasumi slumped a bit, but picked her bags up and let Hinata lead them to a hotel.
End Chapter 6