"Shisui-nii wake your ass up!!!" I screamed as I entered his house with no invitation. He must have still been sleeping because there was a loud thud and some whining coming from his room. Sasuke ran out of the kitchen and glared at me for creating such a racket when he was enjoying the peace and quiet of a time with Shisui being sleep. I was rocking back and forth on my heels and basically bouncing in excitement at my discovery. There was a lot of caffeine in my system that has been keeping me awake for the last 4 days and I may or may not have taken a shot of adrenaline to pump myself up for the next few hours to come. Shisui came barreling down the staircase, not bothering to feel his way down the stairs and instead bumping into everything in his path. He crashed into me and after a bit of fumbling put his hands on my shoulders a big sadistic grin on his face as he squeezed tightly on my shoulders.

"What the heck Imouto, I was sleeping so nicely. This better be good."

"I.Did.It." I said proudly and bursting with excitement at every word. Shisui's smile faded then came back 10 times brighter. He kissed the side of my head then picked me up in his arms and spun me around a few times laughing childishly in pure awe.

"You did it! i can't believe it you actually did it! Have I ever told you how amazing you are because you really are amazing. Even more so than 'Tachi-chan right now and definitely better than Emo-suke-chan." Sasuke glowered at the nickname and made us stop twirling. He was annoyed with us because he had no clue what was going on and did not like being out of the loop. He could pretend not to care but Shisui and I both knew that was his main problem.

"What did the freak do now?" His tone was dull in a way only the duckbutt could manage but he failed to hide his intrigue. Shisui and I were both grinning brightly, the excitement I hadn't felt in a long while just kept overflowing out of my body.

"I/She found a way to fix his/my eyesight!!" We both yelled out in unison that was almost comical. Sasuke took a second to process the words then his stoic facade broke. His jaw dropped open and his onyx eyes were wide with disbelief. He regained his composure but the joy he was feeling for Shisui was evident and he joined in our glow.

"How?"

"I've been working on the solution since I started training under Lady Tsunade. Actually implanting the eyes would be easy because The sockets are empty and undamaged, it was more tricking the brain into using the eyes to see again and not rejecting them. Once I figured that out, the rest was a cakewalk."

"Hn......Why did you never say anything to me?" Sasuke was annoyed once again but he was also proud of me for finally using my brain for some good.

"I told her not to, I didn't want to get your hopes up if it wasn't possible. Finding a solution was a long shot." Shisui sensed the growing anger in the hotheaded Sasuke and calmed the situation. He pulled us into a hug and for the first time since Sasuke was a kid, he didn't pull away. I dragged Shisui out of his house in his pajamas and headed straight for the hospital, Sasuke in tow.

The preparation for the surgery was not easy by any means, but the surgery itself wasn't overly difficult considering it was an eye transplant. I'd always wondered how easily eye transplants went for the Uchiha (and Uzumaki with the Rinnegan) and just assumed it was anime magic but when Shisui lost his eyes and I got an apprenticeship under the greatest medical ninja ever, I knew I needed to figure it out and help Shisui. Most eye transplants like Kakashi's are relatively 'easy' (again using this term lightly because it requires a lot of medical skill and knowledge of the body) because the eye is fresh and the socket is also not healed so it is readily accepting an eye. The brain is also still wired to use vision heavily with the other senses so it is accepting of the eye and is able to see out of it instantly while supplying the chakra into it immediately.

With the case like Shisui where it has been years his eye socket is not ready for an eye because it has healed itself to compensate for the lack of eyes now and so first we'd have to basically shred his socket to prepare it for transplant. The second main problem I was running into was that it has been so long since Shisui has been able to see that his brain completely stopped sending Chakra flow to where the eyes were and stopped acknowledging that there ever were eyes, so even if we managed to successfully implant the eyes into Shisui, he wouldn't be able to see out of them because the brain would not acknowledge them and no chakra would flow to them making them decay and be nothing more than decoration.

The solution I came up with was to basically Genjutsu his brain into thinking there were eyes all along so that it connects with his brain and can actually process images and colors and to use my gentle fist to forcefully activate his chakra to flow into the new eyes and connect it with his body. The rehabilitation would also involve a nurse forcing the chakra to keep flowing into the eyes every day until it does it naturally.

For Shisui's transplant we had to take a recently dead person, so whoever died in the hospital today and had eyes that would fit the dimensions needed was what he got. I wanted Shisui to get green eyes because he would totally be even more of a lady killer, but alas he said he would beat me up if I gave him any eyes that weren't black. There's nobody with black eyes like an Uchiha and hopefully when we kill Danzo, he'll get one of his eyes back, but for now we got him a dark dark grey eye that was as close to onyx as we could get. The surgery was successful and after a few days of being bandaged, Shisui got to open his eyes.

"I can see, everything is blurry and just blobs of color but I can see. I can't believe it." Tears were pouring out of his eyes and he hugged Tsunade and I in thanks. We not only gave him sight but with time he'd be able to be a Shinobi again. After a bit of rehab, Shisui was able to see people more clear. We gave him glasses for aid and light was still troublesome but with a few more month's he should be good as new.

"Awe Imouto you're so pretty now. No wonder I have to beat the boys off with a stick." He turned his eyes over to Sasuke and looked over his form, a shit-eating grin covering his features. "And you little Sasu-chan still look like a cute little ducky." He pat his head and I laughed my ass off as Sasuke pouted in embarrassment and fixed the hair Shisui messed up.

"Hn. I liked you better blind." Shisui and I laughed even harder.

***

Naruto was the first of Team 7 to say he was leaving. Jiraiya had decided that with the Akatsuki at large, Naruto staying in the village at his current level was not only a threat to himself but to the village most of us devoted our lives to protect. Knowing that it was getting closer to the war to end all wars, it was time to put each and every plan into motion.

Naruto, Shisui, Sasuke, and I were all sitting together in Naruto's apartment. He placed silencing seals around the apartment and we checked and re-checked to make sure everything was secure before we started planning. Sasuke, Shisui, and I decided that before Naruto left we would inform him of our plans, knowing him, he'd go to the ends of the earth to find us and 'save' us if we didn't inform him of everything, and especially on my part, dealing with the Akatsuki who were going after him, we thought he should know. I shut off all the lights and lit up a lantern to shine on my face like I was going to tell a scary story. Naruto laughed and Sasuke got up and turned the light's back on before I could do anymore.

"You know generally what happened in the Uchiha Massacre right?" Shishi asked, starting off the most difficult conversation we're going to have.

"Yeah, Itachi killed everyone and put Teme and Hina-chan in comas." Shisui took a deep breath and explained everything from his side, what was happening with the Coup, his and Itachi's roles, and how Danzo fucked everyone over by trying to kill Shisui. Then I had to explain everything from then on putting all of the pieces together in understanding. Once Naruto understood the basics and that Itachi wasn't at fault for everything we decided to inform him of the plans to take down Danzo and bring Itachi home (I didn't mention the aspect of me hopefully helping the other Akatsuki members because that wouldn't have gone well for me).

We explained that Sasuke was going to join Danzo's root program and get close enough to find out everything about him (as well as find Sai and anyone else who we can save from his tyrannical nature), Shisui was providing us with background information and hopefully if everything went well he would have more of a role when it comes to exposing and executing Danzo. My piece was to bring Itachi home by getting close with the Akatsuki, I'd be finding out truly what they want, would be able to find and ruin Orochimaru, and will save Itachi from his death and allowing him to be seen as a hero again.

"Neji might have been on to something, sometimes I feel like fate is trying to fuck with my happiness forever." Sasuke said with no hint of joking. Knowing that we were all separating-Bar Kakashi- was a difficult thing for us to accept. We have been together for a long time, have formed bonds that cannot be broken but somehow life is still fucking with everything and the only way to set it straight is for all of us to in dangerous situations without one another. I had no words, I felt the same way but Naruto being himself wasn't accepting of that.

"Don't be like that Teme. If you don't like the hand fate's dealt you with, fight for a new one. Fight to be happy, together or apart we'll fight right alongside of you." My mouth gaped open, Shisui had a glowing smile on his face as he looked between all of us, and Sasuke looked pensive before nodding in agreement. Shisui pulled us all into a hug, Naruto and I eagerly joining in with Sasuke being reluctant but accepting at out last hug with us 4 until we are all technically adults for Ninja standards.

Naruto was extremely against my role but I reassured him that Itachi wouldn't allow me to get hurt and Tsunade and Jiraiya would never allow me to go if my plan wasn't perfect. Mine was a long-term deep cover mission and we were all ready to bring Itachi home and see Danzo burn in hell before he could ruin anything else for anybody. I was most ready to expose him and watch him wither and die like the piece of shit he is. No way in hell would I let him become Hokage and go unpunished for his crimes, the village would see him for what he is.

Naruto was really worried about Sasuke too, Danzo is extremely powerful especially when he has one of Shisui's eyes and we needed Sasuke to not fuck up. The only thing that made it ok was that Shisui joked about how Sasuke would have no trouble acting like an emotionless dick (as long as he doesn't act like a hothead like Naruto drives him to be). Naruto finally understood everything and was furious at Danzo as much as we were, and after lots of convincing and promises of ramen, he was on board with everything.

***

I waited at the gates of the village with a emo Sasuke- who 100 percent refused to admit he'd miss Naruto but still looked more emo than usual,- Kakashi -who was actually on time- was glad Naruto would be safe but sad to see the ball of sunshine leave, Zabuza who was also unwilling to admit that Naruto had grown on him exponentially, and Shisui who saw Naruto as an extension of our odd family.

Naruto came racing over to us breathing heavily and a bright but sad smile on his whiskered cheeks. He went down the line giving heartfelt goodbye's and making promises to everyone, Kakashi even accepted a hug from Naruto without pushing him off. Big bad Zabuza, who is even more masterful at teasing people than Kakashi (who is the most skilled at pissing of people with little effort) morphed his voice to match Naruto's and yelled out an "I Love you Teme-kun dattebayo!"

Which resulted in them both fuming in anger and freaking out while the rest of us enjoyed the last of SasuNaru tsundereness. I was the last one and seeing him, knowing it would be the last time for the next 2-ish years made my heart clench. Naruo's cheeks took on a light blush in embarrassment over anything else. I ran and jumped on him, he wrapped his arms around me and I stayed like that for who knows how long.

"I know I promised to protect you and I can't do that gone, but I will come back stronger than everyone and you'll be safe with me dattebayo. You believed in me and I'm going to come back worthy of your praise."

"Just promise to come back to us safe ok? I'll kill you and the Super Pervert if you die so you better fucking not." I didn't know how hard it would be to say goodbye. Naurto was giggling in glee at my tight hug and made me a bunch of promises and exaggerated explanations of how strong he was going to return as.

I put my head into his shoulder as I inhaled his scent mumbling about how much I was going to miss him. For the moment I forgot about everything I was about to do and just focused on my best friend, the sun, the only person I know who I truly consider to be 100 percent worthy of the title of a superhero.

"You also can't go dying on me; I won't accept that. Don't let that stupid snake bastard scare you anymore, you're way too cool to let that keep getting ya down."

"I promise not to die Naru-kun." His strong arms were holding me tight enough that I could feel the outline of his abs and each muscle contract with every breath and movement. He smelled of Ichiraku and being there with him, in his arms as my best friend-the blonde ball of sun who was going to save the world someday-reinstalled my determination to do whatever it takes to keep him safe. "I love you blondie. When you get back, we'll finally have that battle."

"I love you too Hina-chan." Naruto placed his lips on the top of my head where my Seal should appear-warmth spreading from the spot and tingling down to my toes. His surprisingly soft lips stayed there as my arms tightened my grip on him for the last time in what seemed to be forever. I memorized the feeling of his Chakra, the way he smelled, every detail of his tanned face, the whisker markings on his cheeks, the almost insanely bright yellow of his wild hair. The shape of his lips when they quirk upwards and form that familiar foxy smile that brings mischief and happiness everywhere he goes. He pulled away with his blinding smile back on his face and raced off to follow after the Toad Sage, his right hand up in a fist as he disappeared from sight.

I was standing in Tsunade's office as we stared one another down.

"Lady Tsunade, it is time." She sucked in a deep breath and opened the classified case with my name on it. It had the details and preparations for my long term mission to not only save members of the Akatsuki and to bring them safety within the village, to find my father and Orochimaru, and my part of the plan to expose and destroy Danzo- A plan which Tsunade and Jiraiya were both way too onboard with. She picked up her pen and signed the 3 separate covert and infiltration missions with only slight hesitation.

"Jonin Hinata Hyuga from this point forward you are on 3 long-term missions assigned and only known about by the 5th Hokage, Jiraiya of the Sanin, Kakashi Hatake, Naruto Uzumaki, Shisui Uchiha, and Sasuke Uchiha. You are to not inform anyone else of the details of the mission. You are only able to let your closest friends and family know that you will be going undercover for a long period of time. Do not let this information get out or you will surely be killed on the spot. Pack up your stuff and leave the village tonight, as of now, you are considered a Rogue Kunoichi to everyone but the aforementioned. If you are going to fail the mission or your life is in danger, you are to abandon the mission and return home where the details of your mission will be revealed and you will no longer be considered a rogue. Your main mission is to be completed within a 3 year timeframe and everything else soon after. Is this all clear?"

"Yes M'lady." She reached her hand out and gripped my shirt in her fist, pulling me to be eye to her.

"You listen here brat. In no way will I accept you dying so you better not. I didn't train you for nothing so you better not get caught. You are like a daughter to me and if you go and kill yourself I'll pound you into the next life. Good luck Hinata." She leaned down and gave me a kiss on the forehead- right where my Strength of 100 seal should be showing up hopefully soon- as well as the materials she was aloud to provide for me. I pulled out the letters from my pouch.

"Please give these to everyone when I leave." My voice shook slightly, I needed to leave everyone behind for now but it's harder than I thought it would be. Lady Tsunade gave me one more hug and we took one last shot together for the time being. As soon as I left her office my first stop was Ino's house. Her and Choji were hanging out so I gave them both massive hugs and told them I'd be gone for a little while on a mission. My next stop was to say 'goodbye' to Kiba and Shino but I think they both noticed something was up by my vague goodbye and firm hugs. I said goodbye to Neji, Lee, and Tenten together when they finished early morning training with Gai.

Neji pulled me aside and I gave him a larger hug than normal saying he was a perfect big brother and I loved him. He wasn't stupid and knew what was going on slightly. I gave him some small details when I told him he was the leader of the clan. He needed to know I wan't a threat and we left it at that. For the first time, he called me Imouto and I was so giddy with happiness at the best possible goodbye I could have received from the princely and stoic big brother. I stopped at Shikamaru's house next and found him laying in a tree in the clearing of the Nara woods. I hopped on the tree branch he was on and hovered over him, blocking the sunlight from absorbing into his tanned skin. He opened one eye and lazily looked at me before letting out a big sigh and moving a bit to make room for me to sit beside him.

"What's up with you today?" He drawled as he moved his arm haphazardly over my shoulders to get more comfortable.

"I'm leaving for a while." Both of his eyes opened and focused on my face to watch my every reaction. His eyebrows furrowed and i figured he had a general idea of what was going on. For a long time, I've been going over hypotheticals of what to do in situations when you were faced with criminals and how to handle them. Each scenario fit members of the Akatsuki as well as other rogues I was probably going to encounter at some point.

Lately though, it has become darker in situations and I have been trying to figure out the best ways to handle finding and destroying Orochimaru and Kabuto. I have been leaving clues in it to lead Shika to understand why I'm doing what I'm doing without having a breach in my mission, he's smart enough to figure it out on his own and plan accordingly for whatever situation is thrown at him.

"You're not seriously thinking of going after him?" He questioned in his dry tone of voice.

"Damn, you got me." I let out a weak chuckle. "I have a mission and won't be home for a while, this is goodbye for now."

"What a drag, making me worry like the troublesome woman you are. Remember what we talked about, don't act stupid and reckless. If you're doing what I think you are, don't break even for an instant play the game with everything you've got. Take that bastard down and find your dad. I'm not happy about you letting the darkness in, but don't let it overwhelm you." His hold on me tightened and the aroma of his woodsy scent enveloped my senses. The hand behind his head was now crossed over his chest and intertwined out fingers as he traced shapes into the palm of my hand with his thumb. We lay on the branch and looked into the sky pointing out the shapes we made out in the clouds. It was calm and I held onto the moment as long as I could.

By the time it reached late afternoon I knew I needed to leave to be able to say goodbye to everyone. I pushed myself out of his arms and prepared to jump down when my body locked together and I was frozen in place. I was forced to take a step back and the shadow possession was released. Shika turned me around with his hands and pulled me into a hug. "Make sure you come back to me, to the village it would be a drag if you die." He whispered in my hair. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled away. Before he released me, he leaned down and put his lips over mine for the second time.

Once again my mind went into overdrive at someone who wasn't supposed to like me kissing me. He knows I'm leaving but was still wanting to kiss me and for the life of me I can't figure out why. Did I actually create my own Harem, this might fuck up everything with having not only Sasuke and Naruto but Shika liking me too. I know it's wrong, but we're young and I don't know how to feel, all I know is that I'm leaving one of the people closest in my heart and kissing him makes my heart flutter in an obnoxiously girly way.

His kiss was calm but he was surprisingly dominant as his warm lips enveloped mine, moving me at a slow rhythm like we were the melody of a song. In the swiftness only possible as a trained ninja we jumped from the branch and I was pressed up against the base of the tree. (A/N Shika is 14 and Hinata is 13 for now so it's not crazy inappropriate cuz I know plenty of ppl who did worse at this age. I kinda messed up the timeline but did it on purpose so don't worry.) One of his hands tangled in my hair and the other one was holding onto my waist. Although slow, he expressed all of his passion through his lips.

Shika was saying goodbye through the kiss and I was promising to come home safe, no words were necessary. We'd known one another long enough to speak even through new actions like now. His tongue slowly made it's way to my lips and before it escalated any more, I pulled away giving one last look before sprinting away full speed. All the words I wanted to say were in the letter he'd receive tomorrow.

I stopped outside of Kakashi's flat after confirming he'd be home sleeping off a solo mission and fixed my messy hair and made sure my involuntary blush from my previous adventure was gone. I picked the lock and strutted inside making sure to slam the door loud so he would wake up. He slowly walked out of his room in a tight black tank top -his toned arms and ANBU tattoo on full display further confirming he really is one of the hottest leaf ninja even without his face on display and wearing pajama pants.

His headband was gone and his silver hair flopped over his forehead, his grey eye looking at me in mild confusion for waking him up. He was favoring his left leg slightly meaning he probably got injured but with his track record there was no way he was going to the hospital if he could help it. Anytime the hospital was even mentioned around him he made like Houdini and pulled a slick as fuck disappearing act to avoid the place that had nurses hit on him and that just overall he hated being in. I pushed him to sit on his couch so I could heal him while we talked.

"Maa Maa, what did I do to earn a visit from my favorite female 'soldier' when she knew I was sleeping." Both of his eyes closed into a slightly teasing smile to match his airy and unassuming tone. I rolled my eyes and laughed a bit. Since we are no longer his cute little Genin he has taken to calling us his little soldiers.

"I'm your only female student Bakashi."

"Details" He waved his hand lazily.

"I'm leaving tonight." Kakashi's slouched posture didn't change in the slightest but his muscles tensed slightly and his open grey eye was sharper peering down at me. He was one of the only ones in the inner circle who knew of my past and my real goals-all of them- and he's surprisingly been the most outspoken on me not leaving on this mission. We've but heads on this and there has been an underlying tension between us since then. He doesn't want me to go rogue, to go into the darkness, to be somewhere he or anyone else cannot be to protect me.

"I know you don't want me going into such a dangerous mission but frankly I don't give a fuck. I'm going and before I leave I need us to be on good terms, for you to accept me going on this mission. You of all people know why I'm doing what I'm doing so please... I'll even buy you the next issue of Icha Icha if you stop being so obnoxiously passive aggressive." A large hand placed itself on top of my head and ruffled my hair, his chuckle resonating through the room.

"Do you promise?" His eye twinkled with childish glee and he let out a girlish giggle before getting a bit more serious, the tense air was thankfully gone. I'm not mad, I just don't want to lose another person close to me. I don't like the Idea of you leaving but I know at this point I can't stop you. Remember not to die and don't act like an idiot, you have a tendency to do that sometimes."

"That never happens." The grin on my face blossomed and I felt content with his hand on my head. The suffocating feeling of the most easygoing person being mad at me was never a pleasant one. "Can you summon your dogs, I promised bull I'd bring him a treat before I leave and Pakkun promised to let me touch his paws." I clasped my hands together and put on my best puppy dog eyes that seemed to work on him the best.

"Maa maa You spoil them too much, Bull never stops talking about you."

"That's because he know's I'm the best and one day he's going to leave you for me." Kakashi placed his hand over his hear dramatically.

"You're so mean little soldier. My pups love me too much to leave me." Kakashi summoned them and asked them who was better. All of them walked over to him except Bull who like the loyal boy he was came to me and placed his massive body in my lap like a lapdog. I gave Kakashi a smug smirk and fed Bull an extra treat and accepted some kisses from him. Like a big happy family (they named me their honorary mother and treat giver) and played with our little murdery children, Bull stayed in my lap the whole time. Pakkun wasn't lying when he said the pads of his paws were soft, they were like pillows! When it was time to leave, Kakashi gave me a hug and a very loving head pat and ruffle of my hair. I even got to touch his. I kissed his cheek as well as all the dogs and left. The weight of each goodbye was weighing heavier and heavier on my chest, the thoughts of Itachi and my father were what kept me going forward.

I took a deep breath and opened the door with a large black and white uchiwa fan on the front of it. Both Uchiha who took residency there were outside at their own personal training ground. I made my way into their kitchen and brought out a few pots and pans to make a simple recipe of dumplings with cabbage, a light amount of chicken (Since Uchiha don't ear red meat), carrots, and cooked it while I made a side of rice and had soy sauce on the side for flavor and dipping. I made enough to take home for Neji, Hanabi, Zabuza, and Hiashi too. I'm still not a good cook per-say but this was simple enough and after 6 months of practice I damn well better be good at making it. The aromas filled the kitchen and the food was almost fully cooked when the boys returned home.

"You are a gift from god, I'm sooo hungry Sasu-chan was being sooo mean to me today and wouldn't go eat Dango with me and I can't just go alone!" Whined Shisui as he came beside me and rubbed his cheek against mine and stuck his dirty fingers in the pot of dumplings, shoving one in his mouth. Sasuke scoffed and made his way over to me putting food on his plate as he questioned me with his eyes. Once we had our food and were eating I spoke up.

"I'm leaving tonight."

"Is it really that time already?" Shisui questioned, he's asked to take my place more than once but with everything going on, I cannot let him do it. He strives for peace so much and I wouldn't let him be pushed into the darkness anymore that he has been. "Ohh Imoutoo I'm going to miss you so much! Make sure you kick lots of ass and if you get hurt I will punish you severely. Dressing you like a doll will seem like child's play compared to what will happen if you're injured." His voice was teasing as always (even though I knew he was serious and I would be in big trouble if he knew I got injured) and he had such a loving smile on his face.

I was sitting nuzzled into his arms (his body still a lot longer than my small one making me feel like a little kid), the safe feeling of my peace-loving 'brother' enveloped me as he gave me lessons on safety and made me go over every inch of the plan until he was sure I knew it through and through. Shisui picked me up like a baby and carried me to his room, grabbed a scroll, and walked back downstairs. I laughed the whole way, enjoying the feeling of being a child again.

He opened the scroll and inside was provisions. There were some of his old clothes for me to wear at a moment's notice (it was mainly warm clothes for when I'm somewhere not hot like Konoha), a set of new Kunai, chlorine tablets (water purification tablets), a large pack of Akimichi ration bars, more money than I'd know what to do with, a few letters for Itachi, and a letter for me. Shishi also pulled out a box and there was a small ring to go on my pinky finger with a crystallized Uchiha symbol and Shisui's chakra infused in it so he could send his messenger birds to find me wherever I am. I put the ring on the same hand Gaara's sand bracelet was on.

The flower was beautiful but overtime it morphed into a bracelet of sorts like the one he gave me earlier on which was nice because it was easier than carrying around a sand rose all the time. After Shisui helped me carefully seal everything back into the scroll, he hugged me tightly as if he was afraid of letting me go. Being the ADHD boy he is, he chatted nonstop bringing up anything and everything we talk about to make up for the lost time that is about to ensue. He also finally told me how next month he was being reinstated as a Jonin.

He told be that he and Zabuza are still betting on my romantic involvement but instead of just two people, they are making bets on everyone and when people will confess. It seems like I might have actually started a harem, even if it's only for shits and giggles to them. And now that Itachi will hopefully come back, he is close to the top of the list on confessing. The ammo Shisui and Zabuza would get to tease me mercilessly if they found out about Sasuke and Shikamaru would destroy my life and hopefully Sasuke keeps his mouth shut, I still need to fully process my feelings but it will stay on the back burner now (it's not like I don't love all of them, I just don't know in what ways and maybe they are just hormonal or something like all teenagers are) and whatever happens, happens.

Shisui gave me one last hug when Sasuke came in. With a sly smile and an eyebrow wiggle, he sang out to us.

"Have fun lovebirds."

Sasuke instantly came and sat down, pulling my head into his lap and running his fingers through my hair. It was a calming action for the both of us, one that we have done since childhood. His long fingers mindlessly braided and un-did small braids in my hair as we talked about everything plan-wise. Once all of the planning was over, the atmosphere was lighter once again and we sat watching looking out the window at the crescent moon in comfortable silence.

"Hey duckbutt?" I called out enjoying the slight twitch that his eyes do at the nickname.

"Hn." His stupid language, I finally realized I've spent so much time with him that I can differentiate the differences in each of his stupid grunts. Sometimes we would have a full conversation where he would grunt answers and somehow I always knew what he was saying. I've basically gotten him down to a science, a science that Naruto understands now too. Either way, it's annoying.

"Dammit for once can you talk like a normal person. If you talk in your stupid language one more time tonight I'm going to beat your pretty-boy ass senseless." I was glaring up at him but with the calm feeling of his hands still in my hair, it turned out more like a pout. He raised one of his eyebrows in a mocking manner and his pale lips turned into an arrogant smirk.

"Hn. Freak." Which translates to 'give it your best shot freak' and I pushed myself out of his lap and ran to the kitchen where Shisui's desserts were stored. I quickly grabbed what was most likely a pack of cookies and ran, Sasuke coming after me. I manuvered effortless across the room and jumped over the couch. When Sasuke came into a range where he couldn't dodge me no matter what, I pounced on him. I moved fast and the sudden change in direction was enough to stun him so that I could pin him to the ground.

I was pressing my weight against him and using chakra in my knees -to stay planted to the floor- and chakra was infused in the hand that had his arms pinned to the ground so that he was unable to fight back. I grinned deviously and brought the sugary treats to his mouth. I sent a shock into my hand and he opened his mouth just enough for me to oh so violently shove the food into his mouth. My empty hand went over his lips to keep hi from spitting out the food and I laughed at furrow of his brows, his face contorting to one of pure disgust.

"Swallow it Duckbutt. I'm sure Naruto has taught you spitters are quitters." His eyes widened in rage and in a move Anko must have taught him, he cancelled out my chakra in my knees and swiftly flipped our positions. There was a deadly glint in his eyes as he swallowed the snack and licked the last bit of sugar off his lips, gagging at the sweet taste. Even being pinned, I was laughing victorious at pissing him off and getting him to eat his least favorite food.

"You're. So. Dead." His coal eyes locked with my lavender ones. There was a hint of red reflected in his eyes but we stayed locked in our staring competition. I blinked first and his eyes flickered over my body. I knew exactly what he wanted next and started thrashing in his grip violently. He held strong and I was beyond annoyed at how much stronger he had become. Normally I'd be set free by now if Naruto wasn't helping him.

"Don't you dare. You fucking asshole I swear I'm going to-" I was cut off as laughter bubbled out of my lips. I was squirming underneath him as he used one of his hands to tickle me. I couldn't stop laughing and it was making my abs hurt. Tears were streaming down my face and I was gasping for breath and begging him to stop (while throwing in insults that were barely understandable through my laughing). Sasuke and Naruto found out about me being ticklish on a mission.

We were babysitting little kids after tickling them, they wanted revenge and decided to tickle us. Naruto we already knew was ticklish so he dodged the little heathens with his life. Sasuke did not like to be touched and one glare was all he needed to get them to stop. I on the other hand didn't think I was ticklish. I wasn't in the last life and thought that transferred over to this life... I was so mistaken. I felt bad so I let them catch me and one second in I was laughing my ass off. Before I could get them to stop, Naruto and Sasuke decided to tag team and pin me down letting them relentlessly run their fingers over my underarms and sides until I was ready to piss myself. I vowed them to secrecy and promised to kill them if they tried to tickle me. Sasuke being the ass he is was mad at me for feeding him cookies so this is how he enacted revenge.

He finally felt like I'd had enough and stopped, letting me catch my breath. He was quietly laughing at me as I gasped out curses at him. He had a content smile on his sharp features as his body stayed hovering over mine. His eyes seemed to trace each feature of my face and the longer it continued the more his smile diminished, leaving him with a blank face and pensive eyes. He leaned his forehead against mine, bangs brushing against my cheek as he stared into my eyes. Finally he rolled off and laid next to me, pulling me against his chest.

"What's wrong?"

"I feel like I'm losing everything all over again. Naruto and you are gone, I'm going to be in the ANBU, I need revenge, Itachi needs to come home and have his name praised but is it worth us splitting up like this?" He was talking lowly, more to himself than me I think. It was a moment where he wanted me to know what he was thinking. He wanted to understand why he felt like he was losing his family all over again. There was a battle with his brain, he wanted us to stay together and wait for Naruto to come home and be Team 7, but he needed Itachi to come home, needed Danzo to die but having us split up was hard, he felt like he would lose us if we left him, he felt like he would be alone like when the massacre happened and he thought we were all dead. I grabbed his hand in mine and he squeezed it tightly.

"You're just being broody. We're all going to be together soon, I don't want to be away from you guys either but this has to happen. You aren't losing anything, if anything distance makes the heart grow fonder and when we all are together again it will be even better than before."

"Hn I'm not brooding." I punched his arm at the Hn and he smirked. I finally stood up and together we walked to the door. Before I could leave, he took his index and middle finger and poked me in the forehead . My eyes widened and he shut the door in my face.

I went to my final stop... home. My room was barren from me packing away everything and hiding it and I packed up everything I could travel easily with. My bag was on the center of my bed and I placed the last few scrolls inside of it. I grabbed the leftover food from dinner and placed it in the fridge knowing it would get eaten by Hanabi and Neji within the next few days. It was already late and Hanabi was sleeping. Zabuza was off on a mission for a possibly few more days so as much as I wanted to say goodbye I couldn't. I left him an extra long letter because of that. I walked into Hanabi's room and laid on the bed next to her, running my hand over her hair as she slept softly.

I placed a kiss on the top of her head and carefully left my present out for her. A special kimono and doll dress (fucking Shisui) were 2 things of mine she absolutely adored and so I laid them out on the floor next to her bed so she knew they were hers now. She would do them better justice than I did and would have something of mine to wear while she grows up away from me. I wanted to say goodbye when she was awake but I just couldn't. Her big doe eyes, her sweet shyness. If I saw her like that I don't know if I could leave her so I waited until she slept. I would be easier for both of us, less tears. She shifted a bit and blinked open her sleepy eyes.

"Nee-chan you're home?"

"yes, goodnight my Hime. I love you and promise to be back home someday. I love you so much." She was sleepy and didn't understand my words, just falling back asleep with a small smile as she mumbled out.

"Night. I love you too." I kissed her again rushed out before I could cry. I grabbed my backpack and flashed to the gate of the village. Taking one last look at my home, tears freely flowed down my face as they shined brightly against the moonlight.

Dear Panda-kun,

I'm sorry it has taken me so long to respond. Congratulations on becoming the Kazekage, I knew you could do it. You are more deserving of it than anyone else I can think of. You are going to learn some things about me soon and I need you to understand that they are not true. Please believe me when I say everything I'm doing is for a reason, for my dreams and goals to come to fruition. I need you to burn this letter as soon as you read it. I am going to be undercover in a dangerous situation so I will not be able to see you or write to you for a while. I can't tell you how proud I am of you and all you have accomplished. I owe you so much, as much as you say you learn from me, I have learned so much from you in return. You are amazing Gaara and I love you so much and even if I am not there I am protecting you within the shadows. Do not worry about me. I promise as soon as it is ok I will contact you again. You will understand everything in time and I wish this wasn't goodbye but for now it is. Lead your people like the person I know you are, I believe in you.I love you so much and will miss your letters.

Love,

Hinata

A/N: OK so Hina is officially a 'rogue' Ninja starting her mission. She said her goodbyes and had a steamy kiss with Shika-bae. Even some sweet fluff with Kashi. I'm pumpedd for Shippuden now. The letter to Gaara is similar to the ones she left for everyone else. So this is going to be where the time skip before Shippuden happens and I was wondering if I should make this a second book to continue the story. LMK what you guys think... Should I keep writing in this one or continue the story onto a second book.

Question: What are your guys' special talents?