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It Was You, Hinata	By : Rockrgrl4 Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 1846 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Hey!

Sorry for the wait-although you won't want to hear the excuses, I'll at least tell you them in the ending comments. :P

Well, in any case, though, sorry for the delay and here's the next chapter!

-Kas.

"NO! NO! THERE'S BEEN A MISTAKE, YOU HAVE THE WRONG GIRL-" a lone soprano voice screamed into the darkness of the criminal holding cells' building in Suna, and only silence greeted the young woman as she continued to be dragged further down into its' depths. The three shinobi that were escorting her maintained their heavy silence, indicating they were all of high rank. The only detectable sounds throughout the dark hallway were the girls' intermittent, ardent cries, and the escorts' occasional grunts of effort from their having to kick her forward when she drug her heels on the ground in an attempt to hinder their progress.

Discreetly one of the prisoners' two rear escorts bent their head down to the other's ear and lowly growled, "Troublesome, this one is." To further make his point, he jabbed his thumb at the girl in tears and crying out helplessly. Only a low grunt was offered in response from the addressee, but one could easily deduce it was borne of agreement. Neither the grunt nor the initial comment was audible to the prisoner or the other shinobi in the dark hallway.

Finally, they came to a stop in a dark cell in the 4th sub-level of the building. They proceeded to chain the girl up in the damp, dark cell despite her wavering pleas of her innocence, as the chakra binds were already weakening her. After ensuring the girl was locked up properly with both her chakra binds and shackles, the latter of which were bolted into the brick wall, the three shinobi left the girl in the dark, dingy, mold-scented cell.

Making sure the guards had indeed left, the girl's eyes instantly snapped open. Gold started swirling clockwise in her previously hazel irises, and a small chuckle escaped her totally relaxed form as a golden light started glowing from the inside of her chest, slowly moving outwards and effectively lighting up the small, dingy little cell she would temporarily call home.

Gaara had stayed in his office much later than usual that night-well after the fight between the rogues and himself was complete. It seems that the two men only engaged his ANBU team, and they retreated only a few minutes before he could arrive on the scene. This not only confused him, it really got on his nerves. He initially couldn't decide if they were cowards or if they were just up to something, but he realized it was the latter rather quickly after he had received reports from several of his chuunin that had been leading the evacuation efforts of the village. They relayed messages of high powered genjutsu being used on their persons, and neither of them could remember seeing anything or feeling a chakra signature that was out of the ordinary. It was clear there was a third member in the rogue's party, and Gaara knew that it was the woman that that jounin from Kirigakure, Shigekazu, warned him about previously. It seemed she really was a force to be reckoned with, if his sand didn't even pick up a whisper of her presence in his village and alert him about it. Thankfully, though, she had been apprehended by his own sensei, Baki, and he had personally been one of the shinobi that had escorted the strange woman into her cell, as a favor to Gaara.

He did not know exactly how well this recent attack boded for either his village or for Hinata. Although he would do anything to keep them both safe, he was only one man-he had realized that more than ever since his defeat with the Akatsuki.

A strong wind blew outside his office's window, carrying with it a plume of sand that temporarily masked the current activities of the lively village beneath his feet. Within seconds, his view of the buildings and people below was restored, and the wind and sand carried off to the west with the breeze. High from above the streets down below and safely tucked away in his office, Gaara closed his eyes in silent meditation for a moment. This was the life he had always known…the home he had always known. Who honestly thought that they could come into his village and take that all from him?

Then there was the issue of Hinata. Gaara resisted the urge to sigh loudly and run a hand through his red hair. After the ANBU had sent word that they had made contact with Hinata, she had escaped out of her window during the attack to aid his other shinobi in the evacuation efforts. She had been a tremendous help, knowing exactly where everyone was due to her Byakugan and thus knowing where to look for the missing and lead other civilians to safety. However, she had still ignored his orders. Friend or not, he was the Kazekage, the leader of his village, and she should have never went against his word.

Although…he could honestly understand how she felt. She was a perfectly capable kunoichi, and was only being prohibited from helping the evacuation effort because he had an unfair attachment to her (although she didn't know that). He wanted to protect her more than he wanted to allow her to do her job, and he saw his mistake in that now more than ever. He had no right to treat her like a civilian when she had worked so hard to earn her shinobi title. Therefore, he would not make the same mistake again and next time the rogues attacked he would let her onto the field (accompanied by a team of shinobi-most likely including himself, of course). He was not going to be foolish for the sake of being lenient.

Once again, Gaara sighed to himself as he stared out of his office window. No, he was not going to give her the usual punishment for disobeying a Kage's orders-imprisonment at the very least-but rather he needed to come up with a better idea. One that wouldn't involve her incarceration or physical harm…

His eyes widened. She hated the very notion of time off, so why not use that against her? Of course, he couldn't just tell her to walk around the village or to stay in her room for a few weeks-neither his shinobi nor the elders would think of that as punishment enough…they would think of him as irresolute. Instead, maybe he could assign her a new, much smaller scale mission as punishment? One that would take a few weeks…?

A small smile played onto the lips of the Kazekage for the first time in a long time. He knew Naruto would allow him to extend her appointment to Suna for a few weeks, "in light of the circumstances". The thought that she would be able to stay even longer with him brought him an unfathomable amount of joy, and the simple fact of that matter was that this idea was brilliant. It would help out his village, help him have more time with her, help her not be horribly and ridiculously punished and not have a mark on her shinobi record…Yes, he knew exactly which mission to give the disobedient Hyuuga girl, who he loved so dearly. He began to sort through the mission request papers that various civilians and area businessmen had sent in, and found the one for which he was looking. Smirking now, he scrawled his name quickly across the bottom of the page, and inserted her name onto the document where the deployed shinobi(s) were listed. After sliding it in an envelope and sliding it in a drawer in his desk, he took a seat in his chair and leaned back in it, eyes closing in happiness. Yes, this entire "punishment" situation was working out better than he could have planned.

Hinata Hyuuga was stomping around her room in anger and frustration. Ugh! What did the prick want her to do in a situation like that? Sit back and watch people work while she, a capable kunoichi, was busy taking up valuable resources to be protected?

Sure, she loved him, but she had such a hard time resisting the urge to fight him on it the whole time he had spoken to her during their last meeting. It was a good thing she had been a member of the Hyuuga household for her entire life….at least she had the self-control needed when it came to biting her tongue and not arguing. If it had been anyone else in her situation, though, she knew they would have fought him on it to their grave….especially a fellow shinobi.

'Honestly!' The Hyuuga girl mentally snorted, 'As punishment that I don't deserve, he assigns me an additional, "punishment mission" in irrigation?'

It was true Suna had an irrigation system, but it was very small and still very precious. The tunnels and pipes ran underground for several hundred miles outside of the desert, bringing to the desert village vital and precious life-sustaining water for all to use; even if they preserved it as much as they could. After all, the forested regions from which the water was brought in had dry seasons as well.

Hinata knew why he would assign her this mission-she was a wind and water user, which would help with moving the water and being able to locate it…and of course this all in addition to the advantage of her Byakugan-but really?

'Well, if he is going to be childish, let him,' Hinata mentally fumed, 'We'll get him back one day soon…very, very soon.' Inner Hinata grinned, as potential revenge scenarios flitted rapidly into her mind. Suddenly in a much better mood, the Hyuuga girl picked up her pack-which she noticed had still been left abandoned and disheveled on her bed, and brought it in its entirety with her into her bathroom for a much needed shower.

Yeaahhh, I know I really need to be making these chapters longer, but I feel kinda bad for starving you guys for months and not giving you anything to chew on. ;) haha :P Well, that, and this cliffie seemed like a reaaallyyy good place to end this chapter. ^^

Big plans for next chapter though! So be ready for that, and it will be a lot longer than this one because of the events that will be taking place! :3

Again, I am SO sorry for not updating sooner…I just really haven't been in a very creative mood, and even with everything already planned and written out chapter by chapter (not helping much, btw. :P Ideas are flowing and things are being changed faster than my sister changes hats…which is FAST, mind you!) It hadn't been going well. :P But anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chappie, and remember, as always-review, message me, leave me things lol!

Love you guys!

-Kas.

[Also, a big shout out to my Beta, Mariposa-Sanctum! Without her this chapter would have probably been riddled with mistakes (LOL) so i'm giving her her own well deserved credit!] :)
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