日向ヒナタ

[Hinata is in the kitchen of Hyuuga 1, making tea, as the feed clicks on.

When you are a shinobi, and a chuunin, and a member of one of Konoha's most powerful clan, making tea is not supposed to be a dangerous activity. Besides, Hinata is shy, but she is not a klutz, which makes what happens next incomprehensible.

First, she somehow lets go of the goblet she is holding, and it breaks on the floor. She frowns and bends to pick it up, and immediately cuts her finger on one of the sharp edges.]

Ouch !

[She sucks on the wound a little, but it's shallow, and she carefully picks up the shards and throws them away. Then, she moves to put the tea to seep, and burns herself with the hot water. She gasps and quikly goes to put her hand under cold water for a few minutes.

She somehow finally manages to make the tea and pour it into an intact goblet, turns around to carry it to the table ... and promptly walks into a wall. Cue second goblet of tea broken on the floor, and a slightly dazed Hinata slowly sitting down before she falls.]

... Ow.

[Hinata gets on the feed, quickly, as if pressed by time. She quickly types a set of coordinates.]

[x;y]

I-If you come ... Please be careful. Merlin-kun ... S-Something's not right.

[Hinata is back at Unohana's Clinic. She's been seen to and bandaged and patched up, but from where she is lying on her stomach on the bed, one can see that the beautiful, purple butterfly wings that took up most of her back at the beginning of the week have been torrn to shreds.

The damage was heavy, and obviously, Unohana wasn't able to repair it all. There is still some dried blood flaking on the wings where minute tears are mending, and Hinata's face constrict with pain every time they flutter.

The kunoichi is gritting her teeth, apparently fighting back tears and failing when a sob finally escapes her.]

N-Naruto-kun ... W-Why can't I ... ever help anyone ?

[The feed switches off.]

[Hinata is in her bedroom in the Hyuuga House. She is looking at a pile of clothes she apparently brought back from somewhere.

It becomes apparent, though, as she slowly unfolds and inspects each of them, that those are boy's clothes, and that they're way too big for her even if she was hoping to salvage them for herself.

She takes about five minutes to inspect all of the clothes, rejecting a few of them as not acceptable and making a neat pile with those who pass the inspection.

She then goes to grab the PCD, only to realize that it is already recording.]

... Oh no, that was supposed to be a surprise !

Hmmm ... Akira-kun, I have something for you.

Akira-kun ...

I'll be waiting for you in the same place as last time, if that's okay ? By the lake.

It's quiet there, we won't be disturbed. I just have to stop by the shelter and make sure all the animals are okay, and maybe feed them.

I ... I'll see you soon.

[The PCD is apparently in Hinata's pockets and catches her from below.

The kunoichi is running, slightly out of breath. Her hands are coated in blood, but she appears to only have a few scratches on her, which couldn't produce that much blood.

She suddenly stops, closes her eyes, and then takes off in a different direction.

The PCD flickers off after a little while.]

L-lee-san ... I think I saw you in two places at once ...

I ... You ...

((OOC : of course, she caught a glimpse of Lotus/ES!Lee, and she's really freaked out, because the day Lee can do ninjutsu is the day the world changes irrevocably forever, as all Konoha ninjas know.))

[The feed shows the room where Hinata was staying while in Unohana's Clinic. The young woman has put on her purple vest again and is zipping it up. She then grabs her headband and puts it around her neck, securing the knot at the back of her neck.]

Tenten-san, Lee-san, ... Neji-niisan. Unohana-san said I could leave, but ... I don't know the way to your house.

[The feeld switches on to show a room in Unohana's Clinic. Hinata is in the bed, covers drawn up to her chin and sleeping peacefully. Color has come back to her face, and she's been cleaned of the blood she was covered in. Her jacket and headband are on a chair next to the bed.

A long time passes with Hinata sleeping, then the atmosphere in the room changes as she slowly stirs and opens her eyes. She blinks several times, trying to bring back memories of where she was and what happened. It is obvious someone healed her, but this place doesn't look like anything she knows in Konoha ... plus, Konoha was in ruins anyway.

She slowly tries to sit up, her arms shaking slightly as she does, and a soft 'ow' escapes her lips.

She looks around once more, then frowns as she remembers ... There was someone with her, holding her, calling out her name ...]

Neji ... niisan ?

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