It's been a week since the last Naruto left the house and she had been giving Shikamaru food boxes everyday, hinata just left them on his office and on her way to the door "how long are you going to keep sending these boxes?" She looked at him from behind her shoulders "hinata, if you are intending to to let go of this life then stop fixing it and leave it, this was his fault in the very beginning don't turn it like this was your fault" hinata turned to him holding the boxes he gave in her hands "we didn't fight" she looked to her right smiling not her usual friendly smile this held the sad memories of her life with Naruto "I wish we did but.." she mumbled quietly speaking to herself he couldn't say anything he knew what she meant, she wished they fought like every couple but they didn't they just let go of things "I didn't want to let go of this life" she corrected him as she looked at him in the eyes "but I was just a stranger in his life, I have been since the moment we met to this day a stranger" she bowed her head surprising him... she didn't cry, didn't shout she just left and by that he knew that this relationship was already ending.
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Hinata walked out in the streets thinking of herself, she felt nothing as she said those words she took a deep breath as she thought of her next place where?
Without too much focus on her way she bumped into someone "ahh gomen.." she stopped as she realized the person "Ino-chan, gomen" Ino laughed as she nodded her head "it's ok hinata, it's been awhile how have you been?" It had been the last time they met was before a week and fee days "I'm great" ino looked at hinata with a smirk "and Naruto you came to see him?" Hinata felt ashamed for laying but what else could she say? "He's fine thank you ino-chan" trying to change the subject as she saw another smirk on the blonde face "Ino-chan you have a mission?" She succeeded "No i came to see Shikamaru, that loser would drown himself in paper if someone didn't drag him out" hinata nodded her head that was true, but how could Ino do it? She tried with Naruto everything but he never came out
"By the way hinata how's hanabi-chan now?" She pulled from her thoughts what happened to hanabi? "Hanabi-chan?" Ino nodded his head "they called us to the compound and she was sick" hinata didn't know, why did she never know anything about her sister? How it came like this? How did they ended up as a stranger too? This was her baby sister the same one she used to spare with but she won't allow their relationship to break, hinata walked fast to the hyuga compound forgetting about ino.
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Sai leaned on the chair, no clue of where sasuke was, he didn't care about him if he should be honest but this was a job and when you are at work you shouldn't mix your personal feelings with it that what she said and so he was following her words, because they made sense to him the opposite of what he learned "this is your enemy" danzo had pointed at his only family he had, his brother "never trust anyone that will make you weak" was what he repeated everyday for years, the sound of the chair filled the silent room and he stared out of the window but what he saw was a reflection of himself and he looked.... different.
He remembered himself few years before, what had changed? He used to feel nothing, think of nothing but missions and duty.
But now he can't wait for work to end, he wanted to fly out of this window to where?
(To her) a voice spoke inside his head
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" you shouldn't get too close to him!" Sai shouted warning the blonde kunoichi ,but he was too late she had seated herself beside him gathering her chakra in her hands he watched in shock as her hands glow green, she was healing him.
"Ino!!" She didn't answer ,didn't turn "you shouldn't do this which are you in?" Her frown reflected the stubbornness she held inside her as she healed him "do you even—" an explosive lightened the place the making the whole place went dark then white before it go back to its normal colors, sai looked at her worried ate him from the inside, she was the only person mattered at that moment, he watched her stood at her feet and he felt happy finally they would leave, by they he meant her and himself so why ino was carrying the man ? and before he say anything ino glared "he's a human sai, he's a human like us before he became my enemy and every human deserved treatment" her words sank inside his ears reaching his head but he tried again "he's our enemy ino" but this was ino never listened to anyone "sai if i didn't meet him here i would still treat his wounds, i'm a shinobi not a killer"
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it was amazing how she changed him in a few minutes when danzo trained him for years to be like that but she had destroyed it all and he began to wonder who was stronger danzo or ino?
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Hinata just realized how big the hyuga's mansion was, with its wide door and long hallways and this made her impatient she wanted to see her sister s soon as possible. Finally a noise was heard and she followed it hinata ran to that door forgetting where was it leading and when she opened a flashback of her and her sister training hit her as the wind did, there her sister were training alone this time no one was watching her. Hanabi didn't even hear the door opened she continued training without too much focus on anything around her she was trying to pull herself from her thoughts. hinata didn't even tried to distract her sister or to gain her attention, she didn't even say hi to her sister she closed the door quietly and headed to the garden where her father spent most of his day, around his wife's flower where she enjoyed growing them and giving them to him, hinata didn't know how her father and her mother got married or if they even fell in love before marriage or if he treated her mother with so much love or as he treated them before she got curious before but she never dared to ask she knew he would look down at her and lecture her, he never liked the fact that she loved romance novels so she read them in secret, he would prefer her reading the forbidden jutsu over her silly novels, "too soft" was what he used to tell her every time he lecture her. But he had changed now she doesn't know what changed him but she was grateful. Hinata spotted her father sitting in the small garden enjoying his tea she took steps closer to him then bowed "good afternoon father" as calm as he was he turned his head to her and a small smile formed his face, a lot of things changed in him her eyes raised to his shine hair and she saw the white hairs mixing with his dark black one, she felt a tug in her heart as they shine in light of the day, she realized how much her father got old and fear began to cover her heart, fear of losing him "come in" he patted the seat in his right and she bowed then walked to him and sat, they fell in silence for a minute enjoying the place , before hinata spoke "ino yamanaka told me that hanabi-chan was sick, what happened?" the peaceful expression on her father's face faded replaced by a frown "ko found her in the cemetery" he didn't need to tell where exactly she already know "she went out in the middle of the night and found her collapsed on the floor with light clothes" he took a deep breath before continuing "then she got sick" hinata stayed quiet after that neji's death was a huge shock not only her and her sister but to the whole clan and village, "he died for nothing" was what she heard neji hyuga was one of the top and he died protecting her why? Because she was stupidly in love with naruto and wanted to protect him and where is naruto now? Not home.. never home. How did she had the courage to say that she regretted nothing? She had a lot of regrets and they will haunt her, if she didn't stepped in that moment neji would be sitting here right in front of her sipping tea or he would be with hanabi and her sister, her little sister would be smiling now, she ruined the whole clan because of her stupid feelings and her weakness, she was a huge disappointment to her father, the leader of the clan, hinata's thoughts drove her to stood suddenly heading ti the door "hinata" her father voice stopped her feet it still has the commanding note and she couldn't take another step "nothing could change anything now, so just focus on what you have now" she stood there fighting herself to cry somewhere else, but not here not in front of him or anyone but she couldn't control them so she just left, hiashi hyuga looked a head od him to those colorful flowers surrounding him, they gave him the feeling that her soul rested here "hibiki I'm sorry darling, I failed with both"
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Sakura walked out of the street remembering what she said to kakashi the last time she saw him, it felt so long and she had promised herself to not miss him
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Sakura wiped her tears as she pushed him away gently afraid that he would feel sad "Kakashi-sensei" kakashi looked down at her "I know that I made a mistake and I want to apologize to you" the look on his eyes took all her energy to step back "and i got over you I don't know what came over me but this mission changed me and—" "sakura-chan you did well in the mission, you lead the team perfectly" sakura nodded her head and walk out of his office
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Sakura walked inside the hokage's office, kakashi looked up to his student ,this time she wasn't carrying any of the lunch boxes nor any of the decorations she used to bring for his office "because it boring" she said when he asked her why she kept bringing them she wasn't holding any of them "how weird" Kakashi went back to the papers he had in front of him, sakura raised her brows and stepped inside "what?" He didn't take his eyes off the papers "you came with empty hands" she stood straight in front of him "you wanted me to bring something?" He shook his head "No, it was just strange so.." he leaned on his chair looking at her taking a small break "what brought you here?" She wasn't used to him asking her that question so took her time to think "I came to ask about sasuke!" That wasn't a good excuse "since when you asked about him?" That made her look up to him meeting his eyes but as soon as they met she avoided his eyes "Sasuke was a member of my team" but that was a good excuse so he nodded his head "nothing new, they haven't found anything about him" she wished to find another excuse to stay longer but there was none.
"Naruto!" Sakura's voice came louder than she intended and she realized it when kakashi looked up with wide eyes "I mean I haven't seen him, is he still at home?" Kakashi sighed as he remembered his talk with Shikamaru that morning "He never got home" sakura looked straight to his eyes "did he followed sasuke?!" She hoped for anything but that, she didn't want the same thing happened again and again just because sasuke was so dramatic but kakashi shook his head and relieved washed over her "as soon as he made it home he came back in the same day" she watched him rubbing his temples "he said he didn't want to go home and he never felt like home—" he couldn't complete his speech she stormed out of his office.
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Shikamaru slammed the door of his office when he spotted Naruto sitting on his chair playing with his pen "get up, I'm working here" Naruto grinned and looked At Shikamaru before he got up not a second passed when the door slammed open again and sakura came flying, she grabbed naruto with his collar "What the hell is wrong with you?!" Both of them were surprised by her sudden action, "s..Sakura-chan" naruto raised his hand in defense but it didn't work she grabbed him harder "why did i tell you? Huh?" Shikamaru watched in silence it seemed like he won't work for a couple minutes so he left the office leaving them alone "sakura-chan what happened?" She gritted her teeth "You, you happened was it true that you left again? You had promised me Naruto?" So it was that Naruto looked to the side he was tired of this over and over and over again ,he sighed this wasn't going anywhere "look at me!" This was the first time he acted like this he rolled his eyes before looking at her directly wearing a frown that showed how annoyed he was "you wanted to be alone again? You missed how people treated you?" She was trying Sakura was trying her hardest to show him how a big o f deal this was "I don't care ok, I'm tried I tried to pretend but it's not real I love her but I feel like this was going to nothing I don't know I'm not ready, maybe and I don't want to let her kibe a life like this" sakura stepped back almost knowing how it would end and she hated it "Don't do it Naruto, don't regret this" he shook his head "That's why I don't know what to do!" He tried to end this but she won't listen so he blurted it out at least it might leave his chest "what would you do if someone else have her? What would you do?! You would say be happy and go on!!" That was the only thing she had to say and he was tired of hearing that too so he shouted "I Don't Care!!" He shouldn't have looked up when he shouted, he shouldn't have said something he would regret and most importantly he shouldn't have said that because there she was Hyuga Hinata carrying the lunch boxes looking at them and she had heard everything.
