Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Mokushita Hyuuga ❯ Chapter 27

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Chapter 27

Sasuke grumbled as Tenten and Anko dragged him and Kakashi along down the semi crowded streets of Kumogakure.

"Oh Sasuke-san, you wont have anything to tell Sakura-san if you dont get drunk! Anko-nechan agrees, right?"

"Wholeheartedly. Maybe we can...you know, Kakashi-kun?" Kakashi sighed and said,

"I'll tell Iruka you were hitting on me again. I dont think you are setting a good example for Chiyo-chan." Anko blushed and whispered loudly,

"I'll tell Shizune-san that you..." Kakashi paled and blushed almost simutanously. Waving his hand and laughing loudly, Anko smiled creepily, and Kakashi ignored the curious stares from the younger jounin.

The sun was starting to set, and Sasuke could hear low rumbles of the thunder that nearly constantly boomed in the mountains that lay on the west horizon. Tenten and Anko finally stopped in front of a small restaurant.

"This place has no huge food shops. I swear, all we see are small little bars and food stands." Tenten said, pouting slightly. Kakashi shrugged, but Sasuke remained stoic.

Pushing through the door, Tenten took a good look around. In the back of the bar was a pair of fat buisness men being entertained by three scantilly clad women, and at the actual bar, sat her step son.

"...Kouden?" Tenten said. Everyone's eyes swiveled towards the boy, and by chance, the woman who's back was turned to Tenten glanced over. Her eyes were pale and had no pupils.

"H-HINATA??" The woman turned back fully and her face paled. Everyone was looking at Tenten, except her teammates. Their eyes were all focused on the pale eyed, and pale faced woman.

"T-t-t-t-t-tenten?" She said. Kouden grimaced, and Shiro shrank down a bit. Katoki set his glass down, but drew no attention.

"Is...is that you? Kouden! What's....Your ey---" Tenten didn't finish her statement because Hinata's eyes rolled back into her skull, and she crumpled onto the floor.

"Kaa-san!" Kouden shouted, and dove for Hinata. Tenten felt herself pale a bit.

"...Kaa-san? But...you...er..." Blinking, Tenten found herself looking up at a tiled ceiling. Sitting up, she put a hand to her head and said to no one in particular,

"Woah...where am I?"

"Hinata-chan's house...aparently." a voice said from the corner. Tenten glanced over and saw Kakashi sitting by the single window of the plain room, reading a book. A dirty book from the blush across the old man's face.

"Did I scare that poor woman much? I mean, I just screamed her name out...Hinata's been dead for 15 years...I dont know what possessed me..." Kakashi clapped his book shut and looked up at Tenten.

"No, no. That's Hinata-chan, the one we all know and love, Kouden's mother and first teacher." Kakashi looked at the door, and ignored the gaping face of Tenten.

"Well, you're awake. Hinata-chan is waiting with tea." With that said, Kakashi sauntered towards the door and disapeared around the frame.


"Tenten-san!" Hinata said as her cousin's wife entered the living room, looking slightly dazed.

"Ahh, now the whole group is here. You can start answering our questions." Sasuke said, making the small woman jump. Kouden scooted closer to Hinata and glared at Sasuke.

"Kouden....This woman...Hinata?" Kouden grimaced.

"Ka-chan...I'm sorry we lied. I always knew my parents....well, Kaa-san." Tenten was a bit taken back.

"Who...I shouldn't even ask. Naruto-kun is your Tou-san, right?" Kouden grinned loudly and nodded. Tenten scanned the room, and saw Kakashi sitting on the small couch beside Anko, who was snarfing dango down, and drinking tea. Kakashi was staring at Sasuke, who was leaning against the back wall, glaring daggers at Katoki, who was trying hard not to notice, but a small twitch in his neck gave it away.

"So why did you two fake your deaths?" Sasuke said, nearly snarling.

"Fake? What are you talking about." Katoki said, turning his head to glare back at Sasuke.

"You know, When you and Hinata-san apparently died, and caused us all 15 years of greif." Hinata gasped as Katoki was left speechless.

"Sasuke-san...That's not Na-...him...It's someone different." Katoki glanced at Hinata and saw the sadness in her eyes. His fingers tightened on his knee, and he took a deep breath.

"Waa? That," Sasuke said, pointing at Katoki, "is Naruto-dobe." Katoki narrowed his eyes, and rubbed his temple at the sudden headache he was getting.

"Stop saying his name. I'm not this Naruto. I've never met him, and if I had, I would have beat his ass into the ground for what he did to Hinata-chan." Hinata hiccuped and Katoki looked over.

"Kuso...Hinata-chan, I'm sorry..." Hinata waved her hand and took a sip of tea. Anko was watching her with concern, whilst Kakashi was watching Katoki. His mask was on, so no one could see his grin.

"What is your name then, if you aren't Naruto. You haven't graced us with that yet." Sasuke sneered.

"Kyoudai no Katoki, Special Jounin of Kumogakure, at your service." Sasuke couldnt help but laugh. It sounded rather cruel to Hinata, but she sighed in embarassment anyway.

"Kyoudai, for real?" Sasuke said, still laughing. Katoki stood up and over stood Sasuke by a full two inches.

"Repeat that, Sharingan no Uchiha?" Sasuke was about to retort, but the two men were forced away from each other by Kakashi. Who calmly stepped in between them and said,

"Now...Let's be civil for Hinata-chan's sake. By the way, Hinata-chan, Neji-san sends his regards." Hinata nodded and smiled. Tenten was still standing by the kitchen when she said,

"Neji knew? Who else knew that you were hiding from us?" Hinata flinched at the underlying anger in her cousin-in-law's voice.

"Er...Neji-ni-san was the one who was sent to...kill me. He's always known. Kakashi-sensei and Shikamaru-san found us in the first place...Ino-chan and Sai-san know...Kouden-kun told me that he and Jiraiya-sama told Gaara-sama..."

"Where is he? If you are alive, then Naruto is alive. There is no way that I can see you killing him anyway." Sasuke said, rather harshley. Katoki reached over Kakashi and punched the raven haired man square in the jaw.

"Don't be so rude! Look what you've done!" Katoki said, pointing at the dark haired woman. Her eyes were downcast and filled with tears. Looking up with a hard look that made Katoki both angry and sad, she stared Sasuke right in the eye.

"It's fine. Sasuke-san, He's dead. He died in my arms, protecting me. Dead and gone. 15 years ago. He didn't even know about Kouden-kun." Sasuke rubbed his jaw and sighed. Hinata, still looking at him was surprised to see that his entire body gave off signals of weariness. He had really been hoping for good news.

"I hope you know that you are going to have to come back to Konoha eventually." Anko piped up, not wanting to be left out.

"I'm a fully registered chuunin of Kumogakure. I don't exist in Konoha. I see no reason." Kouden looked sadly at his mother's profile and then back at the floor. Shiro pursed his lips. Hinata had turned out to be half of what he had expected, but the coldness she tried to give off, it didnt suit her. Even if he had just met her, he could tell.

Anko chomped another dango inhalf, and licked the bean paste as it ran down her chin.

The silence, other than Anko's loud slurping of bean paste, was broken by Katoki suddenly reeling over and smashing onto the teapot that Hinata had set on the small table.

"Katoki-kun!" Hinata yelled, grabbing onto Katoki, she flipped him off the table and was dismayed to see hot tea all over his shirt.

"Hinata, the tea will burn him! Get his shirt off!" Anko yelled, Hinata nodded and tried to tug the sodden shirt off, but in her frustration ripped half of her nail off. Sticking the injured finger in her mouth, she watched as Tenten expertly sliced the front of his shirt, exposing his chest, and the angry red welts that decorated a teapot-like shape on his stomach. The second thing that Hinata noticed was the size of that scar that she had a glimpse of in Suna. Reaching a bloody finger out to brush the edge of the scar, Katoki convulsed and hit her hand and Tenten's hand in the same swing. The kunai used to slice Katoki's shirt fell harmlessly to the ground.

"Get the rest of the shirt off. The spilt tea must have cooled by now, but that burn will stay for a while." Anko said, as she helped Hinata tug the unconcious man onto the couch. Sasuke sat in the corner, his face was stuck between horror and awe.

Hinata lit her hands up with green as she started to heal the burn mark on Katoki's stomach. Tenten watched with avid facination as the blisters disapeared, and then slowly, the red welts. When the entire thing was said and done, Hinata leaned back and sighed.

"Tenten-san...can you help me carry him back to the room?" Tenten nodded and grabbed his left shoulder, while Hinata grabbed the right one. Hoisting Katoki up, the two women managed to get him onto his pallet.

"Will he be ok? Shouldn't we get him to the hospital?" Tenten said, eyeing the large scar that was splayed across his chest.

"Yea, he has these often. At least he isnt screaming in pain. Those ones are horrible to sit through. We just have to wait for him to wake up. It shouldn't be too long. It seems to be a smaller episode, so maybe an hour..."

Tenten slowly nodded and left quickly. Hinata stood to leave, but glanced at Katoki's scars again. She let her eyes run over a fist sized scar above his right lung. Something ticked the back of her mind, but she couldnt bring it up for the life of her.


Removing the long black cloak decorated with the symbol for the village hidden in rock, Rikuri rubbed the swell of her belly. Smiling, her dry lips cracked slightly from being outside all day. Licking her lips, she said,

"One day, my son. You will be stronger than all of them, than your Otou-sama. When that day comes, you can rule them all...Oh yes. I have great expectations in you. But for now, grow. Grow in peace, and when you are ready, we will rule the world, and stamp down Leader-sama." Smiling again, she gave her belly one final pat before tossing a bag that dripped a suspicious red liquid into a large trunk at the back of her private quarters.

Laying on the soft bed that the leader had so kindly provided her with, she rolled over onto her side and let a single, unbidden tear roll down her cheek.


"Kazekage-sama, the first part of the Konoha reinforcements have arrived. Their leader wishes a word with you." Gaara nodded and set his pen down. The door to his small office opened and a tall ANBU with a dull brown belt on which various lengthed swords hung. The way the man walked towards the desk told Gaara that he knew how to use everyone of them.

"Hajime, ANBU-san." The ANBU nodded and said, in a low and deep voice,

"Kazekage-sama, I was sent to say that I have brought 112 ANBU squad members. Tsunade-sama has sent Jounin and higher leveled Chuunin on their way here already, and they should be here in 3 days, maximum. But for now, we ANBU are at your disposal."

Gaara was silent for a moment, silently calculating his next move. The Iwa army was huge. Thousands of shinobi, ronin, and even a few nuke-nin were seen attacking Suna shinobi. Reports that Amegakure nin, and Otougakure nin had all been seen fighting on the front lines, which confirmed Gaara's suspicions of just how many countries the Tsuchikage threatened into joining him.

"Alright, thank you. Your men can ether make camp with the smoke nin at the north of the city, or they can find their own hotels and such. I will send more rations to the smoke camp, in anycase." The ANBU bowed low and walked out of the room. Gaara sighed loudly and stared at the crooked picture on the wall to this right. It was a scribbly stick figure drawing of him and his daughter, that Kaisa had drawn him. She was almost 3 years old, and already showing her skill in hand cordination. Gaara didn't doubt for one second that Kankuro was going to take this oppurtunity to try and turn her to puppets.

"Gaara? Daijoubu?" a soft voice said from the door. Gaara looked up and squinted at the light from the hall.

"Ahh, Matsuri...Is it dark already? I must have dozed off." the brown haired woman regarded her husband and entered the room, closing the door behind her.

"Gaara...if there is anything wrong, please, tell me..." She said, walking over to Gaara. Gaara sighed and turned his chair to face the circular windows. Watching the sand loll back and forth, he finally said,

"War is stupid. How many people are going to die just because this stupid man wants to try something hopeless? How many are going to die, just so no more die?" Matsuri regarded the red head with her black eyes and laid a hand on his shoulder. Gaara covered her hand with his own, but didn't say anything.

"Let's go home. You need some sleep." Gaara tighted his grip on Matsuri's hand.


A boy with black hair sat tied up and gagged on the floor. Joy and pride ran blurred his vision as he watched the boy struggle.

"See ya later!" He said, and with a poof of smoke, he jumped out a window, the boy glaring at him with all his might.


"Naa...the hell? How did I get here?" Katoki said, as he sat up and rubbed his forehead. The annoying buzzing was back and trying to block out his regular hearing.

"Ah, back in the world of the living? Well, I have something to tell you...Katoki-san." The buzzing stopped suddenly, and Katoki swiveled his head towards the window, where the voice had come from.

"Ah, Kakashi-san..." Katoki said, and looked down. Noticing he was lacking a shirt, he opened his mouth to question the old man, but Kakashi beat him to it.

"You had an attack, and landed on the teapot. Hinata-chan healed you. But intresting set of scars you have. How did you get them?" Katoki shrugged and said,

"I dont remember. Except this one," Katoki pointed to the scar that ran from the corner of his eye to the corner of his mouth. "I had just become Chuunin, and I screwed up a jutsu." Kakashi nearly laughed, but kept his mirth down to a quiet chuckle.

"...Now, where is Hinata-chan? That Uchiha better not have said anything else to hurt her..." Katoki said, standing up and scanning the small room for a top. Kakashi raised his hand and said,

"Ma, maah. Hinata-chan is in good hands. Sasuke was reprimanded by both Tenten-san and Anko-chan. But before you go...I just need to say something." Katoki bent over and picked up a black shirt that was hanging out of the bottom drawer of his dresser. Tugging it over his head, he said,

"Well, get on with it then. I have to see the Raikage about something." Kakashi hesitated and looked out the window.

"Katoki...your past, I know it. A few years of it anyway. I'm just saying now, that when you remember yourself, see the Raikage as soon as possible." Katoki's mouth was agape as the old man strutted out of the small room he and Hinata shared.

"Hey! Hey wait! How do you know! Tell me, who am I? Oi! OI!" Katoki yelled, but Kakashi dissolved in a puff of smoke and leaves. Katoki punched the wall in frustration and was dismayed to see the fist sized hole he'd left.

"Kuso...Hinata's gonna hit me with another tea kettle."


The Raikage leaned back and sighed, cracking a few vertabrae in the process. He was getting old, he knew it. He knew that soon he would hand his title over to Keii and perhaps slip into a peaceful retirement and die of old age. Something that every older shinobi dreamed of.

Sighing again, he looked out the window behind him, and watched his grandson go through forms that had been passed down to the men in his family. He watched the platinum blonde raised an open palm slowly up past his face, and around the edge of his jaw.

The door creaked slightly, and the old man sighed. Turning in his chair, he was slightly surprised at who he saw.

"Katoki? What brings you here?" the old man said. Katoki was wearing a small, fake grin on his scarred face. His hand was scratching the back of his head, but he lowered it after a second.

"Yondaime-sama...I talked to Kakashi-san today." The raikage nodded, he knew this had been coming for a while.

"Go on, son." Katoki shifted his feet, his blue eyes displayed a great amount of worry.

"I got another few memories, but over the past year, I've been getting more and more of them, especially after Hyuuga-san showed up...but I think that was mainly from her hitting me with tea kettles." both the raikage and Katoki laughed, but Katoki started again.

"I had another dream. But this one felt calmer, much calmer. I didn't have any pain at all. You told me to tell you whenever that thing showed up in my dreams. I swear I can almost hear it talk now..." the old man smiled, and almost sighed in relief.

"Yondaime-sama, who is Kakashi-san? He said he knew me in my previous life. He told me that when I remembered who I was, to come and see you...does that mean that you know who I am?" Yondaime sat back and scratched his white beard.

"Hmm...Boy, It's true. I had my suspiscions about your identity untill about a year after I took you in. It was during your chuunin exam when I became sure. Kakashi-san...he's an aquaintance of sorts, of mine. He knows. He is also the reason I am not aloud to tell you. I'm sorry." Katoki drooped quite visably.

"Kakashi-san...you... You two have been keeping this, me, away from myself for 13 years? Yondaime-sama, imagine waking up in a hostpital, your entire world blank. No thoughts, no memories, no feelings...what i've gotten over the years doesnt add up to anything substantial... only that I'm fairly sure I was already a shinobi when I lost my memory...Hell, I dont even know HOW I lost it... Do you know?" Katoki, now seated on the floor against the wall was holding his head. He was starting to get a headache, the kind that brought on memories. He was hoping that it was small enough to leave him concious, he wanted answers.

"Katoki...I...I only know of two people who would know the entire story behind how you lost everything. One, who Kakashi and I had thought dead, showed up recently, and the other, well..." the old man sighed. Katoki's arm had dropped to the floor.

Rising from his desk, he bent down beside the blonde and titled his head so that he could look at his face.

"Another attack, eh?" wiggling his nose he quietly walked to the door and popped his head through.

"Suiichi-san...can you take the poor boy to the hospital? He's passed out from exhaustion, and I have a rather large pile of paper work to do." The taller ANBU with a wolf mask nodded and saluted before walking inside the office to swing Katoki like he was a bag of potatoes over his shoulder.

"Mmmm...this is going to be a long day."


Three weeks later found Hinata sitting in her bathroom, trying to hold what was left of her stomach in her stomach, and not in the toilet.

Katoki appeared at the small doorway of the bathroom in the small and crowed hotel they were currently staying at, and winced as the girl retched again. Grabbing her long, indigo hair, Katoki gently held it out of the way as the girl started to dry heave. Rubbing her back he said,

"Is there anything I can do?" He said, his voice faltered as he held in a laugh. Hinata, still gripping the rim of the toilet bowl gave him the flatest stare she could, her byakugan, combined with the bags that were dark against her even paler face, Hinata was a scary sight to behold. Gulping, Katoki gave a weak grin. Hinata looked up at the counter and said shakily,

"G-ginger t-tea p-please...c-cooled down..." The tired girl sat back and sighed. She could hear the clink of the cups that the hotel had provided, and she heard Katoki grumbled as he fumbled with the electric kettle.

Hinata let her head rest on the glass door of the shower she was leaning against, and jumped when something touched her shoulder.

"Here...I put some ice in it to cool it down." Katoki said. Hinata smiled and curled up against the shower door.

"So...I guess your stomach cant handle caviar?" the blonde said. Hinata sighed, and took a sip of her tea. It was lukewarm, but she could feel it slowly settle and relax her abdomen.


Hinata glanced worridly at the plate in front of her. There were a few pieces of bread, steaming innocently up at her. What worried her, however, was what had been poured on top by her ever generous boyfriend.

"...What is that...?" She asked quietly. Katoki grinned and scooped another spoonful out onto the bread.

"It's cavier! Don't tell me you have not tried this stuff, It's great!" Hinata swallowed thickly. The very sight of it was making her stomach turn.

"I dont want to get sick...we are on a mission, remember, we will be fighting in a war in less than three days!" Katoki nodded, but his grin didn't return.

"This may be our last chance, Hinata-chan." Hinata quieted down.

"Kakashi-sensei and the other's didn't even stop to say goodbye last week...Kouden and Shiro disapeared too...I hope Jiraiya-sama didn't take them anywhere near the war..."

"Hinata-chan...Kouden is a fully fledge chuunin, same with that Shiro kid. They will be fine. Now here, try this, it's very good, I promise!" Katoki gave her a full blown grin, and Hinata couldn't help but comply.


"Go to hell. It's already past midnight...and I dont know about you, but throwing up fish eggs all night seems to have tired me out." Hinata emphasized the statement by yawning. Clutching her stomach, she bent over and groan again.

"Dont worry about me...I think I'm going to sleep here tonight... Sleeping in bathrooms use to help me when I was sick as a child...Just go to bed, Katoki-kun." Katoki grinned and stood up. Coming back with the comforter from the bed, he wrapped it around her shoulders, and gave her forehead a small peck before leaving to sleep on the stiff bed. Hinata's face was slightly red, as she didn't have it in her to blush. Leaning back on the shower, she fell asleep before she even had the chance to think.


End Chapter 27

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