Hinata sensei

"I'm sorry," Hinata said, crying.

"Your apologies mean nothing," she heard Sakura say; she saw the girl pick her head up and reattach it back on, and she spoke with an inhuman voice.

"I had a future, I had dreams and ambitions, I admired you, I respected you because of you. I died."

Sakura said with hatred. Hinata didn't want to see this.

"The future I could have had" she saw Sakura in multiple different possible futures, one where she was a member of the medic-nin division, one where she was an instructor at the academy, or one where she was a taijutsu specialist. In every future she was doing something and she was dead, the anger and the hatred in the voice continued.

"You should have died instead of me,"the nightmare Sakura said. The same words her father said to her."She is right you are a failure and she's dead because of you"she looked and saw her father."it's your fault your mother's dead have you not been weak and useless she would still be alive had you not been so arrogant to underestimate your enemy Sakura would still be alive." Her father pointed at her accusingly that look that he always gave her when he gave his disapproval.

"My dear daughter, my useless pathetic daughter"her mother the same look she had in her face as every one of them."I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry" tears were falling through her eyes they're accusing looks.

"You didn't take care of Naruto like I asked you to" She looked around and it was none other than Kushina. She wanted to curl up in a ball. "I'm sorry" She had no idea what to say. "Failure" She heard one of her teammates, who she had forgotten her name, "A pathetic wretch to think that you were foolish enough to fall in love with me." She looked and saw Itachi, how he appeared on the night he killed his clan. Bodies right behind them, cursing her name. "Stop! Hinata begged; she heard voices laughing as if they thought what she said was funny."

"YOU DESERVE TO SUFFER SENSEI" Sakura's voice sounded like a demon; her appearance was distorted.

"Your failure could have led to the death of my son, my only son. made a promise you a 'promised to take care of Naruto and you failed at that." Kushina slapped Hinata hard across the face. "She is right; you have failed in everything Hinata. In everything that mattered, Itachi Uchiha betrayed you. He murdered everyone from his clan. You are at fault for why Sasuke is an orphan." said her mother.

"Failure" she heard thousands of voices. It was driving her mad just hearing everything they were saying. She crawled her face to try to make it stop. She screamed but it wouldn't stop. Her face was covered in her blood. Then she saw her other teammates who were alive or so she didn't know. Sasuke was lying on the ground dead, Kagome was lying on the ground in a pool of her own blood, she saw everyone else who was on the mission.

Naruto, who was in a pool of his own blood, she ran to him as fast as her legs could carry her. She lifted him up, hoping to see if he was alive. "Hinata-sensei," Naruto whispered weakly. "My son is dying, and it's all your fault," Kushina spat angrily. "Naruto, stay with me, please. Not you too," Naruto smiled sadly at her. "This is it, Sensei. I'm sorry. I wasn't strong enough." Time stopped in the last moments of Naruto's life.

"He's dead, and it's your fault" Kushina said to her "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Hinata Screamed on the top of her lungs; she had failed completely and utterly. She heard the voices screaming "failure" over and over again. She screamed and she didn't stop.

Hinata woke up in a sweat. She looked around and saw that she was on the hard floor. Where were her teammates, and where was everyone else? Before she could get up, she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was none other than her friend Kurenai.

"You should be resting. That genjutsu that was cast on you had some pretty nasty effects. Whatever nightmares you've been having will be amplified, and any feelings that you feel inside will make the jutsu even more powerful."

Hinata had no idea what Kurenai was talking about.

Then she looked at her wrist, and a pain in her abdomen and wrist it made her hesitate. Did she really stab herself? She wanted to ask, but she couldn't force the words out.

She tried to sound neutral as much as possible she asked her friend a question.

"What happened to the mission? Is everyone okay, Naruto?" Hinata was gently silenced by her friend."They're fine; they're helping the villagers clean up along with the Cloud ninja, although there are tensions due to your sister killing one of their friends, so she is being kept as far away from them as possible." Kurenai looked like she had more to say."Hanabi could use you right now; she's shaken up about killing someone she has no one to talk to. You're her sister, Hinata. I know you haven't been really on speaking terms for years, but she needs her big sister. I'm begging you, not only as your friend but also as her student, please talk to her." She didn't know how to talk to her sister these days. They haven't spoken that much in nine years, barely a word. What could she possibly say? What can they possibly talk about?

"I don't know how to talk to her." Hinata confessed, "just simply listening to her would be a start; it isn't going to be easy, I already know that but nobody will talk to her. Neji treats her with disdain; her father expects her to be the perfect Hyuga, she has no one to really talk to. Hinata; she has difficulty making friends, there's only so much I can do as her sensei; she needs her family; she needs her sister. I can't force you to talk to her, but please." Her friend's request was reasonable. There's no denying that, but how could she talk to her? The resentment that she feels towards her was still there.

It wasn't fair, she knew, holding that against her; she didn't choose to be favored by her father. It's not her fault, but her childhood was hell as soon as she was able to leave the compound. She left without looking back, due to how hellish it was living there. And Hanabi was a reminder of that hellish childhood she had.

"I'll try," Hinata said, not really wanting to argue over the issue. She remembers everything that happened, how she almost killed her friend, which terrified her the most. What she couldn't help but feel responsible for was the genjutsu that had been cast on her. Even though it wasn't her fault, she still felt partly responsible.

"I know what you're thinking," Hinata said. "It's not my fault that could have happened to anyone of us if that jutsu had been cast on us. None of us are familiar with the jutsu, so we can't do it. You are strongly resistant to Genjutsu, so there's no way you could be at fault here. Some unknown enemy casted it on you. I don't know why."

She didn't get a chance to finish.

"It doesn't matter, I almost killed you. I could have killed everyone who was in my way. This is another failure on my part."

Before she could say anything more, Kurenai gently placed her right hand on her cheek.

"Enough of that, Hinata. Whatever happened, happened. There's nothing that can change that. The only thing we can do is move forward and learn the truth so it doesn't happen again."

She wouldn't let it happen again. She had to get stronger. She had to train to be even stronger. If she had been stronger, she would not have been under the influence of that Genjutsu.

"Rest Hinata, I will inform your students that you have recovered and your sister they will be relieved."

Hinata laid back down as her friend left. She closed her eyes and still remembered the hurtful words her father had said to her, the words she heard every time she went to sleep. She felt a tear fall down her cheek; no matter how many years had passed, those hurtful words still wouldn't leave her.

Hanabi couldn't get the image out of her mind, the person she killed wasn't something new to ninja; they were expected to inflict death at some point, but it wasn't anything like she imagined. Part of her felt like she had changed; part of her felt like she was different. She didn't like it at all. Was she a bad person? Every single one of the Cloud Ninjas looked at her with hatred in their eyes. The person they killed was their friend. They were very close. A girl with black hair ran towards him and cried, then looked at her in anger and rage. "That was my boyfriend. I should kill you." She said with grief and rage. The image wouldn't leave her mind. What made her any different from the Cloud Ninja who she killed?

No matter how much she justified it, she couldn't get the image out of her mind. The look of the girl who looked at her with hatred. This was not the life she wanted; this glorious way of life that was often portrayed in the academy was nothing of the sort; it was the opposite: there was no glory in what she did, no honor. She heard footsteps behind her. It was Naruto. She didn't really want to talk to him right now; she didn't want to talk to anyone. "I know what it's like to kill. I've done it too. When I killed that boy in the Land of Waves, I felt part of me changed. I didn't like it" she didn't want to hear it, but he continued anyway.

"It's okay to feel what you're feeling, so don't hide it. I don't like the feeling any more than you do." She looked at Naruto. She always used to be told he was the class clown, the class idiot, but he was far more mature than anyone would ever give him credit for. "I doubt my sister taught you that." Hanabi said bitterly. "No, but your sister has taught me many things. She's a very important friend to me, and I don't like her cutting you out of her life. She's in pain, and she doesn't say it, but she is. I can't help her. I feel like you can in ways I can't." She was picking up on something Naruto; the way he spoke about her sister. His feelings were strong.

She could tell even though he wasn't aware of it, this wasn't just a crush or infatuation; his feelings toward her were deep. It was always said that one couldn't fool the eyes of a Hyuga. She would disregard that feeling for now; it didn't matter what his emotions were toward her sister."Why haven't you told my sister?" she asked him, wanting him to leave her alone."I've talked to her about it. But I kind of feel like if you two were just to talk, it would help both of you. I just want Hinata to smile and not be sad all the time." Something about the way he said that made her think that maybe what she believed to be true wasn't actually true. She should keep her thoughts to herself for now and wait and see if what she thinks is correct.

"Thank you Naruto-san. I will take your advice under consideration. Now, if you leave me alone for now, I would appreciate it."

Naruto did as she asked and left her alone. Talking to her sister, what if she just rejects her again? No, she couldn't think like that. She had to do it now. If she didn't try, she wouldn't have a chance when they returned home. She got up and went to the building where Hinata was. Somehow, she was going to talk to her sister and make peace, regardless of the outcome. At least, if she failed this time, she at least tried.

Naruto saw Hanabi go; he heard something from Kagome.

"I think I'm starting to respect you, Naruto." The way she said it wasn't condescending. Naruto never thought Kagome was someone he would ever be able to get along with; he always viewed her as a bitch over his time being a ninja for a short while. He had realized, especially with his first enemy, that not everything is as it seems. "I just want our sensei to resolve things with her sister. It just doesn't seem right; you know?" Kagome looked like she knew something Naruto didn't.

"You don't understand what it's like to have siblings, yet you want Hinata-sensei to make amends with hers. You are interesting."

Naruto looked at the girl. She didn't disrespect him or insult them throughout the whole time. What was going on?

"You and I both know what it's like to grow up in poverty. Don't think I don't understand you, Naruto. I do at least to some extent."

He didn't know that about her. It would also explain why her clothes were always cheap and torn. She was often teased because of her parents being poor.

"So you finally talked to the idiot, it seems like the world has frozen over."

Naruto heard Sasuke joke.

"We all have something in common to some extent."

Naruto was wondering what she meant by that.

"And what is that?"

Naruto asked her.

"Everyone judges me based on what I show on the surface, based on the way I dress and the way I look. All the girls judge Sasuke on superficial things but don't even see that he's an orphan; they won't see it because he has no family to return to. You are hated for things that aren't your fault; people judge you based on things you haven't done. All of us have that in common."

Naruto didn't think about that before Kagome, who looked like she might be in pain for having to say these things out loud."If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to be a ninja?"

Naruto asked her. "Because I just want my mom to live comfortably." She said, embarrassed for her reason. Sasuke looked surprised; Naruto couldn't help but feel jealous that she had a mother to come back to."So that's why you acted the way you did toward Ino and how you reacted towards Sakura's death." The girl turned away, ashamed.

"I know I'm a terrible person, but this damn village doesn't give us any other option. If you're not a Shinobi, how else are you going to make a living? You have no idea how hard it is in this village for those who can't be a Shinobi. Crippling poverty and humiliation; my mother had to resort to prostitution at times in order to put food on the table. That's how bad things are."

Naruto felt sick. Sasuke wasn't shocked. "Do you have any idea what would have to change in order for this village to be a better place to live if you were the Hokage? You don't know anything about the conditions of our village. You don't know how difficult it is for women with no connections to get promoted past the rank of Chunin, but you don't know how difficult it is for civilians or the crippled to survive. It's why I don't see anything honorable about this line of work. There is no honor; it's elitism. Nothing more. I hate the very idea of being a Shinobi in the first place, but what choice do I have? How am I going to feed myself or my mother?"

Kagome asked Naruto and Sasuke.

Naruto couldn't think of an answer because it all rang true. He saw this firsthand; he was one of the lucky ones. When he thinks about how bad his life was, it could have been a lot worse.

"You are learning kit; this girl has a lot more to her than there is on the surface. She is right about the village, but it is not unique to Konoha. If you think that, you're naive; the entire Shinobi system is flawed. I won't tell you why; you'll have to figure that one out for yourself and come up with your own answer."

Kyubi was right; Naruto questioned: did he ever want to be Hokage, or was it because he simply just wants people to acknowledge that he exists, but he isn't just something?

"Let me ask you something else, Naruto. What do you want more than being the Hokage?" Kagome asked him seriously. This was the longest conversation they had ever had. It was a chance for them to have a clean slate and be friends. Honesty would be best.

"I wish to have a family more than anything. I wish to have a wife to come home to every day and if I ever have kids, I want my own children as well."

Naruto turned away, blushing. Sasuke shrugged as if it were obvious, but Kagome wasn't surprised.

"Would you like that to be a certain someone?" Sasuke teased.

Kagome laughed, "Oh, you don't mean 'oh, you can't be serious, Sasuke?'"

Naruto said, annoyed, "You aren't mocking my dream!"

Kagome asked him, not mockingly, "Do you have any idea what I'm talking about?"

"Whatever I have to work on, I'll talk to you later"

Naruto took off. He couldn't help but wonder what he just discussed if he could choose not to be a shinobi. Would he? That disturbed him more than he wanted to admit. He didn't want to think about it. He just focused on the mission to help the villagers. He created shadow clones to help continue the effort, which were also being assisted by the Cloud ninja, who are the other side of the village. Naruto didn't think about the feelings inside him. They were getting stronger lately whenever he thought about her. He didn't understand this feeling. He had to focus on the task at hand; he couldn't afford to be distracted right now; he would think about it further after the mission was over and everyone was safe in Konoha.

Sasuke saw Naruto go; Kagome was helping Sasuke clean up the debris. He wondered what was on her mind.

"Why did you ask him about his feelings towards our Sensei?"

Sasuke asked him, curious more than anything else.

"It's obvious: Sasuke, the whole damn squad knows that he has a massive crush on Hinata Sensei, but I'm not fooled. I see it as much more than a crush."

Sasuke didn't understand what she was talking about. He knew Naruto had a thing for her and a huge crush on her, but there's no way it could be more than that.

"Have you ever heard of the red threads of fate?" Asks Kagome. "Everyone has heard of it; it's when two lovers, who are fated to be together, meet and fall in love. It also says they are lovers from previous lives. Why do you bring this up?"

Sasuke didn't know how this was relevant. "You can't see the signs, Sasuke? He is in love with our Sensei, and he doesn't know it."

That was something Sasuke did not expect; he had a crush on Sakura. Everyone knew that, but to be in love with one's own sensei was ridiculous. That was absurd.

"That's absurd! She's at least 6 years older than he is. There's just no way in hell I could ever see Jonin and a Genin being anything more than teacher and student."

He heard Kagome sign in irritation. "Have you seriously forgotten that Minato Namikaze, our previous Hokage, and his wife, were his sensei? Do you really forget about Kushina Uzumaki?"

That name sounded familiar to Sasuke; his mother often mentioned her best friend Kushina.

"Okay so you're saying Naruto is going to be just like his parents and is going to marry Hinata sensei?"Sasuke laughed at the absurdity of it."It's not out of the realm of possibility you got to remember Kushina didn't realize she was in love with him until after she met him again when he was a man. I'm pretty sure there's early signs of it being there for Hinata Sensei as well."Sasuke thought it was ridiculous he didn't want to hear about this anymore.

"Can we just drop this damn subject and focus on our mission?" Sasuke said irritated with the conversation. "I'll be right there, and you know it. I won't tell you I told you so when they officially become a couple one day." They stopped the conversation and just focused on the mission. The only thing on Sasuke's mind at the moment was to get stronger to avenge his family and clan. That's what mattered. He had no time for things like love, which would just get in the way.

Hinata was alone; she did her stretching exercises and everything she was taught when she was in the Hyuga clan compound. As much as she hated her clan, she couldn't abandon everything. The gentle Fist is part of who she is. She had saved many people's lives with what she was taught. She couldn't think about that without turning around. She heard footsteps; she didn't need to turn around to know who was behind her.

"Hanabi, why are you here?"Hinata asked her calmly."To talk, can we do that, sister?"She turned around and saw a desperate look on her face. They hadn't spoken in 9 years, barely any words. The bitterness Hinata felt over her preferred treatment of Hanabi over her was understandable, but it wasn't really fair to judge her for her past actions. She didn't know what to say about the bitterness she felt for all these years.

"What do we talk about Hanabi? You know my feelings about our clan and why I want nothing to do with it or anyone in it. You know that so why do you still want to talk to me?" she truly did want to know why Hanabi wants to talk to her. She wanted to wash her hands clean from the clan. "I don't care about the clan Hinata. I just want my sister back. I don't like how you treat me like I'm a stranger. I just want us to be a family again. It's so lonely in the compound." her sister was on the verge of crying, which made Hinata feel awful for her earlier actions.

"I'm sorry," Hinata said, not knowing how to say anything else.

"Can you at least tell me the truth? Why do you hate the clan so much? Why do you hate Father so much? Can I at least have that?"

Reliving the day that her mother died and those hurtful words was not something she wanted to talk about right now.

"I can't, Hanabi. It's too painful. I don't want to relive that day. Please don't ask me this right now. I'll tell you another day, just not today. Please."

Her sister looked at her in understanding.

"Thank you Hinata for at least being willing to talk to me". There was silence. Hinata had no idea how to talk to her sister. This was the longest conversation she'd had in almost a decade. "The clan will not approve; you know." Hinata warned. "I don't give a damn about them. I want my sister, and I won't let them get in the way of that." Hanabi said defiantly.

Hinata felt a sense of relief, even though it would take time to rebuild whatever relationship she had with her sister. At least, she has a chance to do so. She feels like a fool, not considering what she has.

"Can we at least start talking about something?" Hanabi asked her, hoping to not end the conversation they were just having prematurely.

"Sure," it wasn't much, but they started talking about what they've been doing in the past few months. It was the start; she knew it would take time for her to feel open enough to talk about her past, what happened with the clan, with her sister. But for now, she can at least talk to her sister. Because unlike Naruto or Sasuke, she still has a family of her own - even if it's only her sister that she considers family at this point.

It would be a few more days before the village was completely cleaned up. The cloud ninja planned to meant that Konoha's shinobi should leave by the time a decision was made.

Hinata made sure she had everything. She inspected her wounds, checking if they were healed. She was fortunate that her self-inflicted wounds weren't lethal. Though she was advised to visit the holy site by an old man a few days ago, she felt apprehensive.

She didn't want to embrace her role as the Byakugan princess, but she was given a divine right to visit the holy site because she was a descendant of Kanna Hyuga.

"You don't need to bring anything, but yourself. This site is safe. You are of her blood. Welcome, child of Kanna. May your mother protect you from your enemies who would do you harm."

A woman who escorted her inside the tomb said,

Hinata did not want to leave the village yet. There was unfinished business. She was told about the holy site and the possible birthplace of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans. Her students were with their other peers when she left; they were conversing with each other. She had to go there alone, she was escorted, she had a torch, she looked all around her at the story of a civilization that once thrived here. The rise and fall. She saw on the writings was that of a language that was no longer extant; it was extinct. She couldn't read it even with her Byakugan. She was escorted into a dark room and what she saw was a tomb. She walked towards it and she saw the name that she didn't expect to ever see. This couldn't be Kanna Hyuga. Her final resting place was here. What the hell is this place?

She read everything in the grave, everything that was ingrained.

If you are reading this then you are the Byakugan princess of your generation.

You are my blood, you are my child, my daughter.

You are the next mother of our clan

I Kanna Hyuga Byakugan Queen mother of all your fate is tied to my own.

You cannot run away we are fated to meet.

By reading this you have broken the first seal.

Hinata felt horrified when he heard loud noises. He looked around. The people who had escorted him were excited. What did he just do?

The tomb opened; she saw a woman whose eyes were closed, whose face was covered in a mask, the only thing that was exposed was her mouth. She was covered head to toe; her hair was long, just like Hinata's was. She removed the mask and broke it. Hinata couldn't believe her eyes; it couldn't be: she's dead, yet she looks as young as she did. How is that possible?

She saw everyone who had escorted her, they bowed; they were overjoyed. "Our goddess has returned; our mother is with us once again."

Hinata was confused. She was told nothing about Kanna except that she was extremely powerful and she was a rogue member of her clan. The woman spoke softly. "It has been some time. My children. Since I've been wrongfully imprisoned, but I am free now. Free to guide my children once again to protect you from the wicked ones who would dare harm you." The way she spoke didn't seem malicious. She was told when she was raised in the clan, she was wicked and evil, yet she felt nothing that was evil from her.

It messed with her mind. How could someone with her reputation be not evil? What messed her up even more was her voice; it sounded a lot like her own; it was almost like looking at her own reflection in the mirror. Unlike Hinata, who looked more regal, she looked like a queen from a different age. The robe she wore was pure white, which was the opposite of what she had been described as a child; she had been described as wearing black. Almost as if she could see deeper into her soul, Kanna, despite her eyes being closed, felt like she was able to look deep into her soul. It was unnerving to her. She walked towards her slowly, the closer she got to her, the harder it was to not recognize her as her ancestor.

"So you're the one that freed me, my child" The woman slowly approached her. Looking at her was like looking at a mirror of herself; they looked like twins. "My poor child! My clan has treated you so poorly; your father disregarded you like trash, but you're much more than those fools say you are. My dear daughter!" The way she spoke it was so mother-like.

"I've seen everything, the hurtful words by your own father, the clan disregarding you as trash and tossing you aside like you are nothing. You don't have to be in pain anymore my dear daughter. I offer you a chance to have a real family, a real mother I can give you a purpose. I can give you everything that those fools in the clan and in Konoha will not."

She looked deeply into her soul, her insecurities, her anguish. She was offering her a place to belong. The temptation would be so easy to accept; however, before she could even consider it, one way or the other, a man interrupted them.

"What have you done? You unleashed the monster," said an elderly man to the same man from earlier. The woman approached him.

"Oh, you're that boy from all those years ago. You helped put me in this cursed prison for all these years. My children suffered; those poor Uchiha children suffered at the hands of their own because of the wickedness of this world. There is no punishment that is worse for you than a painful death. You are the reason my children from the Uchiha clan are dead, and for that, you will die. You and everyone who betrayed me will die."

The kind voice was gone.

The woman struck at the man's chakra points; he collapsed in pain, he was screaming in agony. She walked, tortured him.

"How nice it must have been to enjoy decades of your so-called freedom as my children suffered; you and your wicked, ungrateful rubble killed in pillaging around you." She stepped on his chest and he screamed.

"I heard the dying screams of every Uchiha man, woman, and child and I was powerless to save them because I was sealed in this prison." She continued to torture him; she wanted to make him suffer. Hinata couldn't believe what she was seeing being done with the gentle fist.

This act of cruelty unnerved her. The woman continued to rip his chest open; she tore it like claws. He screamed in pain, blood was dripping everywhere. It would have been one thing if she just killed him quickly but she was prolonging his suffering."You are as wicked as I remember you, demon"

The old man spat at her feet, blood, his blood, and spit on her feet.

"How dare you defile our mother with your tainted blood." A brown-haired girl said she was ready to finish him, but she was stopped."There's no need to dirty yourself with the likes of him, child. His life is at an end." As if on cue, she crushed his head with her bare hands. Hinata was horrified; this was not what the gentle Fist was used for: torture, cruelty, this is not what the gentle Fist was used for—it was an honorable fighting style and an honorable technique, not for torture.

"How can you use the gentle fist for torture, which is not what our style is all about. That is not our way; you're as wicked as the stories say. I was almost fooled." Hinata got into a fighting stance. The woman looked at her as if she were a child. She spoke calmly as if she were teaching a lesson to a naughty child who didn't behave.

"You know nothing, girl. Everything you know about our clan is a lie. Even the name of our fighting style is false. Revisionist history to erase what our style truly represented in time. Girl, you will know the truth." She did not want to believe anything she was told could not have been a lie. She replied back angrily.

"I am not a child, damn you; I'm an adult." The woman laughed as if she had said something amusing."Are you Hinata? From what I could tell, you're 19; you're barely an adult, but I'm forgiving towards you after all; it's not your fault that you're ignorant about your upbringing; after all, my clan erased every ounce that there ever was a Queen of the Hyuga clan." Everything she was being told shattered everything she once believed; it couldn't be true.

"In time you will know the truth, come my children we shall leave this place. I need a place to rest"

Her followers went ahead of her. Hinata wanted to stop her. She couldn't move; was this fear she felt? Nobody had she ever encountered so powerful that she undid the first seal.

You are terrified of me, girl. I could see that you are wise. Those who don't feel fear in my presence are fools. You undid the first seal; the second is on my eyes. In time, I will regain my full strength. I have followers even in the Hyuga clan. I hope one day Hinata, you will join me. My daughter, until that day comes, we will depart. Thank you for freeing me from that prison.

The woman left; she couldn't believe what she had just done. She had unleashed one of the most powerful Shinobi that has ever lived back into the world.

No, she couldn't just let her go. She had to fight. She charged at her. If she could just land one blow, if she could just hit her at the heart, it would be over. She could undo her mistake.

"Foolish child. I guess I'm going to have to teach you a lesson." The woman turned around and blocked her blow. Hinata couldn't let her fear consume her. She had to win. She used every single technique that she could muster. Her Byakugan activated, and she blocked every blow. Blow for blow, she was being countered. How could she do this? She had no Byakugan; she was virtually blind. She was countering everything, almost as if she was able to read her mind.

1.8 trigrams lightning Palm"the bolt of lightning hit her, but it did no damage." impossible"she couldn't be distracted; she did another technique." water style ice Palm"her hands turned into ice on any other opponent; it would have turned into a lot of damage, but it did nothing. " A water and lightning user is rare even among our clan" the way she said it wasn't condescending nor was it praise." You are my descendant, Hinata" she did her own lightning Palm; she barely dodged it. She was breathing heavily yet her opponent had not broken a sweat. Her followers stood there as if they had absolute faith that their goddess would obtain victory.

Hinata, the more this fight dragged on, the less likely she would win; she had to win; she couldn't lose. Should she use her most powerful technique? She got into her stance and activated her Lion Fist. Two lions appeared on her hands. She only used the technique when she was fighting against enemies that were extremely powerful. The woman looked at her almost as if she could predict what she could do. "So they're still blue; they haven't matured yet. You haven't awakened his chakra. This won't do. You cannot touch me, not as you are."

To prove her point, Kanna raised one of her arms and formed a Lion Fist. It was gold, the symbol of the Queen of the Hyuga Clan.

"My dear child, you can't win. Your Lion Fist is blue; you haven't fully accepted yourself as a princess who hasn't accepted herself isn't someone who could obtain the higher stage of power in Lion Fist. You can't beat me; you know this. Cease this foolishness at once!" She commanded.

Hinata had lost the will to fight. The vast difference in power was night and day. She fell to her knees and screamed, "The failure, the powerlessness, everything she was, and more."

"My poor child unfortunate soul I know in your heart you are not ready to accept the truth. You will in time you must those important to you will die if you do not accept your role in our clan you are the Byakugan princess. In time you will come to me for answers about your true heritage, the heritage that your clan has hid from you hid from the mother that birthed you. Until you are ready I will leave you my child"she walked away Hinata was powerless to do anything the fear the despair everything. In every way she was stronger than she was and she didn't even have the ability to use her Byakugan, the Legends she thought they were exaggerations.

There were only two stories that could compare to hers: one about Hashirama and Manda, and another about herself. The vast difference between her and Kanna was like night and day. How was she going to tell the Hokage what she had just done?

Naruto wondered where Hinata was; it was almost time to leave, so the Cloud ninjas would also be heading home. Naruto noticed Choji talking to a red-haired girl who was blushing. He didn't know what that was about, but then he saw the man who had helped him save the village. They didn't speak much; he took his hand out.

"I hope we can be friends someday, Naruto," Killer Bee said sincerely, hoping that Naruto would take his hand in return.

"One day I hope we can be friends; we gotta stick together after all, we are Jinchūriki." Everyone else in the group didn't know what he was talking about." Kyūbi is someone you should treat as your friend; I'm just giving you this piece of advice if you do so, he will reveal his true name to you sooner; I sense that you too have a bond, but it could get stronger. Know this, my friend: if you ever need any help with any training with your partner, just let me know." He wanted to take him up on his offer."I find this host insufferable." Kyūbi said with annoyance.

"Well, your host is the first ever to treat you like a person; it's a start, Kyuubi." He didn't want to hear it from the Eight Tails, Naruto figured he was too prideful to admit that he was blushing in embarrassment. "I hope one day our villages can be on friendly terms, but until that day comes, unfortunately, it'd be better for all parties involved if you were to leave." Darui said respectfully to everyone in his group. The Cloud Nin turned their backs on them and headed home. There's so much Naruto has learned on this journey to this village and he realizes how little he knew about the world, how small he felt.

Hinata approached everyone. Naruto could tell she looked horrified by something, but he didn't know what it was. Nothing was said, and the Konoha ninja went in the opposite direction. They headed home, but Naruto couldn't help but wonder if something sinister was at work.

"Excellent impressive most impressive you have done well"Danzo said praisingly the woman took off her mask one of the rare time she did her hair was long red features of the Uzumaki clan she was a woman that was in her 40s though by her appearance because of her genetics she looked like she was in her early twenties. Her face cannot be seen by anyone but Danzo."so what is the next phase of our plan Danzo Sama?"the redhead woman." The Chunin exams are a perfect opportunity for us to enact the plan I have had planned for decades it's perfect with the failure in the Sapphire village and Hinata Hyuga openly accusing the Hokage of negligence. I say that we have the final pieces to replacing that fool and putting his foolish ideology in the dustbin of History"he heard a chuckle he was from none other than Orochimaru himself.

"I'll finally be able to kill that foolish sense of mine. Just remember Donzo, this alliance only exists to further our goals; there is nothing else. As soon as you betray me, our alliance, you know the consequences. Don't you? That genjutsu was my invention, and do not forget I am the reason why you have gotten as far as you did. You are nothing without me."

Danzo was angry just hearing those words, but he wasn't wrong.

"It's quite a shame you didn't get Hinata to join you when you had the chance; she would have been perfect to do something about the Hyuuga. They've been a little too ambitious lately, for their own good."

He heard another one of his followers say: "He would deal with them in time after he was the Hokage."

He would make it law: "Those below Chunin would have the curse seal placed on them. They would exist to serve those who are worthy."

He would use the birdcage seal from the Hyuuga clan on everyone in Konoha that did not conform. That was his goal.

"I must prepare for our plan to come to fruition. The exams will start in a few weeks, so see you then."

Orochimaru disappeared. He was alone with the red-haired woman; it was times like these that he was grateful for the foolishness of the Uchihas. Had it not been for that, he would not have acquired such a powerful asset who was loyal to him and him alone.

"What is your bidding, Danzo-sama?" asked the woman. "Keep an eye on Naruto and Hinata; make sure they don't do anything that endangers the village. Use whatever means necessary; you know your orders." She disappeared from his sight. Decades of patience; decades of planning; decades of setbacks; it would all come to pass; it had to.

There is nothing that can get in his way; not even a fool can stop him from getting what is his by right: what he should have had for the very start, the Hokage seat it had been denied from him for too long; he would get what should have been his. Patience is what got him as far as it did, and patience is what would ultimately lead him to victory.

Kanna was far away from the Sapphire village; her most loyal followers were by her side. The konoha Ninja coming was fate. The descendant of Madara was with them. As she stood now she was not strong enough there was much she did not know 70 years had passed even if a lot of her power she still possessed there was a lot of it she still didn't due to the seals in her eyes. She had to bind her time and find out the current affairs of the world as it stood now. She was powerful but there was others that were still stronger as long as her eyes were sealed.

"What do we do now mother?"asked a girl from earlier who looked around the age of 16."right now we wait my dear there's a lot I do not know about this era and I cannot take any action unless I know the changes that have been made to this world. The only thing I do know is my children in the Uchiha clan are dead and I will find out who killed them so I can punish those responsible that is my goal for the time being"the others were taken aback. They were surprised at her hatred. The Legends have said that she was a kind and benevolent woman.

"Your will will be done mother"she walked with her followers for now she will wait the people she wants the most on her side is her descendant and Madara's but that was for the future the present was about fighting a safe place where she could recover her strength after being asleep for 70 years and learning about the current tides of the world.