Hello, minna-san! I have come back with a huge plot coming in the sight phew! Thank you for supporting me the whole time! I don't expect this story turned out to be so long.. But for what I planned, this story should end in 3 or 4 more chapters. Okay, go right to the story, guys!

This chapter will be fully in Hinata's prospective. Enjoy!

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Hinata POV

"Oneechan? Oneechan, wake up! It's morning!"

A soft voice slowly calling out for me. I stirred. 'I'm pretty sure today is Sunday, but why would someone bother to wake me up?' I turned to the other side to pretend I'm still sleeping. 'Hope it work, though..' While shutting my eyes as tight as I could and tried to control my breathing, everything shattered into pieces as I heard the next words..

Wait, is that actually Hanabi?

"Moo.. James-sensei! Look at Hina-oneechan! She doesn't want to wake up!"

My eyes snapped open when I heard that name. 'James.. sensei? Wasn't that's my teacher.. When I was in London before..?' I stayed still in my bed and started to realize something really odd.

Really, really odd.

When I decided to sit on my bed and looked around, it's made me harder to digest what's actually gotten into me. 'Am I actually dreaming?'

The whole scenario was exactly the same when I was around 15 years old. My bed with my favourite purple dandelion sheet, my house which was a small cottage in a harmony village and a humble breakfast which were consist of plain toasts with various fruit jams on the dining table. Not far from the table was a blond middle-aged man, which I believed was James-sensei and a little girl with pale blond hair sitting beside him, perhaps having a tutor.

My eyebrows frowned deeply. What the hell was actually happening here?

"Ah, Oneechan have already woken up!" The little girl eagerly looked at me and ran towards me. Her cute hands wrapped around my waist clumsily with her eyes shone bright. Although I didn't remember her yet, she seemed closer to me than I thought. But noticing her eyes caused me shocked for a bit.

'Lavender eyes? Same as me? So she is my relative, then.'

"Shion-chan, you shouldn't startle Hinata like that. She just woke up, you know." The deep voice belongs to none other than my beloved sensei couldn't fail to make me smile. I stroked Shion's hair gently and felt content for a while. 'Although I don't get any of this, but return back is not a bad idea, even this is a dream…'

Suddenly, the thought came to my mind. If… if I managed to come back… then… mom-

"Ara, Hina-chan! You finally wake up?"

That's… mom's voice…

I tilted my head. There she was, standing at the door while holding an empty basket, looking at me with her lovely smile. The woman that raised me through all the hardship without complaint. Her indigo hair, her gentle pink eyes and her beautiful smile. Everything was… real. She's real!

The tears that I had held for the longest time fell endlessly.

How long actually I were separated from my mom?

Her eyes widen in shock and went to me in a panic. "Hina-chan? Why? Why're you crying?" She wiped my tears and hugged me tightly. "Is it because you worked so hard yesterday? I'm sorry I couldn't give a hand since my body couldn't stand the cold weather.."

When she hugged me, I could smell the usual scent of my mom. The combination of vanilla and jasmine. The scent that I missed the most. I deepened my head in her shoulder as I breathed her smell. "That's not it… mom. I'm just… missing you."

She loosened the hug and looked at me. Out of the blue, she pinched my nose and laughed a little. "Don't cry, Hina-chan! You're not beautiful like this! If George-kun saw you like this he'll definitely doesn't want to be with you!"

"Huh? Mom! That's not what I meant!" George is James-sensei's son. He's actually a jerk to me. But in front of my mom, well, he acted really well. Definitely a jerk. But he's damn handsome too! Oh Gosh, am I actually thinking of him right now? All in the house broke into laughter as my face started to blush deeply. "Are you really interested in my son, Hinata? He doesn't seem a reliable man to me," said Sensei while scratching his cheek.

"Ehh, sensei! Why are you talking like that about your son? George-kun is definitely my type if he is around my age…" My mom started her daydream about that blond jerk. 'Why don't you marry him, then?' whispered my heart silently as I felt annoying at the mentioning of George.

"Wow, it seems so happening this morning!" A man wearing a turtleneck shirt came into the house. The man had a pale blond hair, same as Shion-chan. Maybe her father. And his eyes exactly the same with my mom: brilliant pink. He smiled as he entered the living room.

"Ken-niichan, at what time they want to do the check up?" Mom went nearer to him and grabbed the bags of groceries in his hands. "Daddy, Shion wants to know too!" Shion jumped happily to him as he lifted her up. He kissed her forehead and rubbed his nose with hers. "I just asked the hospital and they said you can come after lunch hours. Shion-chan, be a good girl and hear what the doctor say, okay?"

"Okay, daddy! Shion is a good girl!"

From that moment, I realised that Shion-chan actually suffer the same disease as my mom, which was causing their body became really weak at a few conditions. That's why she's going to the hospital together with my mom. And I certainly sure that this 'Ken-oniichan' was my mom's elder brother. So, Shion-chan was actually my cousin.

'That's right. She's certainly closer to me than I think. But why I didn't really remember them at all? And why I already lost contact with them?'

"Oneechan! Since daddy's already here, let's have breakfast together!" Shion grabbed my hand and led me to the dining table. I smiled at her cute behaviour and sat beside her.

We were having a nice breakfast together. Such a nice environment and yet it's have been a while since the last time the Hyuuga's family having a breakfast together. Usually the moment was interrupted with some meeting or any other occasions, that's causing the majority of the family will go even from the dawn.

As I picked my toast to grab a bite, my eyes suddenly snapped open.

I quickly sat up.

'This is my room. My current room.' I moved to the side of my bed. My body has already returned to its original size. And Hanabi was not sleeping with me yesterday. I stood and felt a sharp pain attacked my head. It's feeling like returning to the reality.

'So… it's actually a dream..?'

I pinched my cheeks and its felt hurt. So, it's the real deal, huh? But the horrible throbbed in my head didn't want to go away. I messaged my forehead a bit and out of sudden…

A memory rushed into my head.

-x-

"Listen, ungrateful child. I don't want you to have any connection regarding your mom's anymore. Everything. Anything. You got me?"

The fierce eyes scared me more than any ghost that I ever heard of. My body trembled in fear and I nodded slowly. After being snatched by my own grandma, I couldn't mutter any words from my mouth due to the shock that I received.

Grandmother took every memory of my mom and burned it with fire. The only thing that I managed to hide from her sight was my mom's album. It's consisted only six photos of her, but that's more than enough for me to remember her. Even...

…the little pony keychain from Shion-chan,

…and a picture book from Ken-ojisan,

Was burned mercilessly… by my own GRANDMOTHER.

My eyes couldn't help but to let the tears fell silently. Without anyone noticing. Everything about my mom was lost from my sight in a blink. And without any mercy.

-x-

'So, that's why I didn't happen to remember anything about Shion-chan and Ken-ojisan. That moment grandmother burned everything, I felt so angry and I wanted to revenge her so bad, resulting me to study as hard as I can and completely forgot about my relatives.'

Sound like an excuse, but that's the truth. Although the revenge things slowly faded from me, my memory already jumbled up and I couldn't recall my lost memory until now. The dream itself helped me to remember back what actually happened back then.

'I don't know the reason why I suddenly dreamed this, but I do have an idea what I should do now.'

With a new determination, I went to my study desk and picked my offer letter. That was the offer letter for me to be the main engineer in our branch in Europe. I studied the whole letter carefully before turned to my laptop and started to work.

The whole dream thing indirectly helped me to make my decision. And this time my choice was definite.

'I'm going. Without doubt.'

~x~

The whole scenario of me going to Europe was not as easy as I thought. Hanabi kept clinging at me and cried out of her lungs "NEECHANNN~! DON'T GO! I WOULD BE LONELYYYY~!"

'Urghh, it's not like I would go forever, right?' I sighed since Hanabi would somehow make me harder to go. But I already got the full permission from my father. And I knew deep in his heart, he's happy with my decision, so that I could visit my mom often. After settling a few things, including meeting with my Grandmother to get her blessing (which is unfortunately harder than I thought), I finally at the final stage before entering a whole new level in my business world.

I honestly feel content. Although I have to leave my family in Japan (and umm Naruto-kun), the idea of reunion with my mom was more than enough to make me definitely choose to go to Europe.

But before that, I have to do something before departing.

I have to find Ken-ojisan and Shion-chan. I wanted to meet them, and asked them a few questions that kept puzzling in my head. About my mom's whereabout, and the details concerning the disease that Shion-chan and mom suffer.

As I walked towards my father's office for a short discussion, I shocked when I saw Naruto-kun casually go into his office. Although I didn't really doubt my father's ability to mend the partnership, it's still felt strange for an Uzumaki to come to the Hyuuga's company. A weird scene, that's it. 'Since when Hyuuga partnering with Uzumaki, actually? I didn't notice any meeting or agreement happen for the past few weeks…'

Since the suspicion kept rising in my deepest heart, I decided to eavesdrop the conversation while hiding on the other side of the office. 'It's like I'm spying my own company, huh? Sounds legit…'

But the thick wall didn't help even for a bit! I could only hear a faint voice of them behind the wall. I put my ears nearer to the wall to catch an idea about their conversation.

"Are you already cut off the CCTV?" That sounded like Naruto-kun. CCTV? Why he suddenly-

"Yeah, if Director (grandmother) managed to hear our discussion, the whole plan will fail abruptly."

My heart started to pound faster. What's actually they're planning behind Grandmother's back? I felt a bit devastated. Although I do feel excited to hear their plan, I'm afraid I only cause the situation became worse. I sat to calm myself.

"Here is the document about the details of the disease. Mostly about the history, when it started infecting a few members of our family. The cause, the possible cure and how to prevent it. All the information was not entirely true, although the research was held by our most trusted scientists. But they do hope they could extract more information when we start our collaboration," explained Naruto-kun with a hint of seriousness.

Okay, what's actually the disease they're talking about? Was it the one that my mom and Shion-chan suffer? That's could be the possibilities because my father had secretly done some research by referring the ancient herb formula from our ancestor. But since the language was so hard to understand, it took more time for my father to do it. Plus, he's the CEO of his company. The busyness kept him out of hand.

So, Uzumakis did suffer the same disease? From Naruto-kun's explanation, it seemed the disease infected most of them.

"Hmm, I'll try my best to keep researching. But I'm afraid it will take longer time since I'm actually doing this alone…" my father sighed. His position didn't help really help him to spend more time for the research.

"No worries, Hiashi-san. For the time being, I'll try to stabilise my position first, since I'm still new as a CEO. Take your time. It's a long term plan so we have to endure it, somehow," Naruto-kun tried to sound more confident in his voice. But yes, he's nervous too. Nobody knows the outcome.

"Thank you, Naruto-san. I'll keep this file as tight as I can, since it's contained the confidential information." The sound of screeching chair made me realize they already ended the discussion. I stood by to run.

"I believes you can do it, Hiashi-san. And I put my trust in you for mending this partnership and hope we can forget about the past."

"Thank you for always believe in me, Naruto-kun. I'm sorry on behalf of my family for creating such a huge mess between us."

"You don't have to say sorry. Include your sorry in your effort in finding the medicine, later. Everyone has made a mistake. I believe my family will finally hold off their grudge against Hyuuga someday. It'll take some time, though."

"That'll be too much to dream about, but I do believe nothing is impossible."

I quickly ran from that place as I hear the sound of footsteps came nearer to the door. Instead of went off somewhere, my feet quickly brought me to the reception of the company. As much as I remember, during the recent ceremony of the Hyuuga's company, I did catch a glimpse of pale blonde among our guests. Although the chance was only 0.01%, there's no such thing to lose hope.

'After so many things happen to me, from arriving in Japan, met Naruto-kun, and aiming for the top of the company, I finally able to come this far and it'll be such a waste if I don't use this opportunity to help my father in his case. Having a warm family has been always in my dream. And I believe I'll able to achieve that dream, without doubt!'

"Excuse me, sir?"

The staff lifted his head and smiled. "Yes, Hyuuga-sama? Is there anything that I can help you?"

"Can I have the list of the guests for our most recent anniversary?"

"Okay, please wait for a moment."

'Even there's only a small chance… please… I hope the one I saw in that ceremony were Ken-ojisan and Shion-chan. They might know where my mom stays right now. This is the only chance… to finally meet my relatives…'

"Here, Hyuuga-sama." The staff handed a file with everyone's signature. I held it in shaking. I didn't know why. Was I too nervous? What if there are none of them? What if they're actually gone? I couldn't handle all the emotion that suddenly came to me.

I was shaking! I was shaking, damn it!

"Hyuuga-sama? Are you okay?" The male staff tried to help me when I felt a hand pressing my shoulder.

"Hinata?" And I know that voice too well. I turned and saw that pair blue, cerulean eyes again for today. He looked a bit worried. "Why are you shaking too much? Is everything alright?"

He held my hands, but the sudden memories flooded into me. The girl that Naruto saved at the fountain! From what I remember, she has a pale blond hair. But the darkness didn't really help back then. "Hinata? You're frowning even more just now. What's actually happening?"

"Naruto-kun, can I ask a question?"

"Well, since I'm already here, yeah. Shoot."

I fretted when I actually saw a tiny light of hope. If it's a fate or miracle, I hope this time it works for me. 'Ken-ojisan! Shion-chan! Please… I want to meet you!'

"Was the one you saved at the fountain the other day, by chance, was Shion-chan?"

His eyes widen in shock. He gulped and lower his gaze. His hold in my hands loosens for a while. "Please, Naruto-kun! Answer me."

He gritted his teeth and answered half-heartedly, "Yeah, she's Shion."

I couldn't help but to feel really relief and glad. My eyes started to let out a few tears. Tears of happiness, exactly. In my tears, I could finally smile in content. Naruto seemed so confused to see me cry, and he started to panic.

"It-it's not like that, I swear! I don't have any kind of relationship with her-"

"Thank you, Naruto-kun." I smiled at him and held his hands gently. He stopped in his track and looked at me confusedly.

"What do you mean, Hinata? I don't get it."

I gathered my courage to see him in the eyes and said, "If you're going to fight, neither do I. For the sake of our family, I'll fight too. Alongside my father and you, in my own way."

With those words, I put back the file and went straight to the entrance. I felt really at ease since I finally find the final pieces of my family.

Hitohana.

As I recalled, usually my father handled most of his meetings with Mr. Hitohana without getting a hand from anybody. Even from myself. It's strange, but father said, sometimes the partner doesn't want others to interfere their meeting. Just among CEO is enough.

But that sometimes only happens when Hitohana Corp. came in sight.

So there's no doubt something fishy actually planned well by them, without anyone realised.

At that time, I was too naïve and believe those words without realising any meaning behind it. But now I finally understand. It must be father's plan. 'So, he did keep in touch with mom, anyway… after all this time…'

In the past, grandmother must have known my mom's surname since it's come to this resolution. And I believe she will not sit calmly if she know about this secret partnership with Hitohana's family.

But still, I surprised my father actually has the guts to against my grandmother indirectly. I hope those burning blood actually ran in me so that I can actually fight in this cruel world.

In between those deep thoughts, my feet quickly dragged me to Hitohana's company. With the address already in my possession, I hope the never-ending tale of Hyuuga's family can finally come to an end!

"Ken-ojisan, here I come!"

~x~

(2 days after the fateful meeting)

"Take care of your health, Hinata. I know you will do well." said Neji while helping me with my luggage. He's the only one who sent me to the airport. It's not mean nobody didn't want to send me, but I purposely changed the date of my departure earlier than it should and the date was in the middle of the week. Hanabi was crying with my decision. I felt sympathy for her, but I have my own purpose.

I wanted to meet my mother before I have to report in.

Thank God, my father didn't realise any of this, including the secret meeting with Ken-ojisan, since he promised to keep quiet about it.

"Thank you, Neji-niisan for sending me. By coming all the way here…" I smiled sadly.

"I wouldn't want to let my sister go abroad without any accompany, right? That'll be too sad. But still, why you choose to go there earlier than the actual date? I believed I saw in your offer letter it supposed to be next week." He looked at me with his amusing confused face.

"Well, I have to take a look at the place first. So when I have time to go around the town, it'll be more fun! Although I pretty doubt I have time for that…"

"Okay, that's acceptable. Hanabi still wouldn't so please, though… Just let me hug you for the last time." He opened his arm and without a second thought, I already leaped into his arms.

"That's not like you, niisan. But I'll miss you for sure." He gently stroked my hair. I could sense he's actually smiling right now. Oh, how I would miss this warmness of him!

"Me too. Don't forget to keep in touch with us."

We slowly released each other and smiled for the last time. "Alright, Neji-niisan. Farewell!"

"May we meet once again in the future!" "That's for sure, Niisan!"

I was filled with bitter memories as I entered the plane once again. My grandmother by my side and with 24 hours under surveillance, plus the idea separating from my mother for a long time, and all that happen in that particular time, in that particular plane. It's really hard. The whole things were hurting me and I still affected until now.

"Well, I will not let any of my effort go for nought…"

Those experiences helped me to be strong as I am right now. And I have come this far for the sake of our family. 'There's certainly no turning back. I have to believe in myself..'

After for about 11 hours in the plane, I finally set my foot in Europe again. Particularly in London. And the first things to do is: finding my mom.

I glad I just brought only one luggage. It's made me easier to move around. I called for a taxi and gave the driver the address that Ken-ojisan gave me the other day. He's believed mom still at the same place as the last time he came to London which was last year.

-x-

"We moved her a lot to avoid any possible treat for her. I was pretty mad when I know Hiashi actually used her for his experiment of the medicine. But since it's for her sake too, we have to protect her at all cost as a valuable patient."

"But you're actually using her!"

"I am concerned too. She's my sister that I valued for the rest of my life. But she insisted so that we can create medicine not only for her, but for the whole continent that infected with this disease."

I clutched my hand as tight as I can. I was pissed off. Using my mom as the experiment's rat, it's just unforgivable! For a moment, I felt hatred towards my father. But… if the whole things for the sake of the infected, then, there's no other choice.

"Before that, I would like to warn you, Aiko is not the same person from the last time you saw her…"

-x-

Before I realised, I already arrived at the front of a small cottage at the end of a village. The bad feelings that haunted me the whole time became worse. 'I finally can meet her in person, why I am hesitating right now?'

I stepped down the taxi and lightly knocked the door in front of me. My heartbeat became faster than usual. I could feel my sweat fell from my forehead. I felt so nervous. What Ken-ojisan mean with 'she's not the same person anymore'? Is it relating physically? Or… mentally?

The door opened with a big dog greeted me with its bark. I was taken aback, but that's doesn't stopped my surprise. When I lifted my head, my eyes widen in shock. The tears formed without shame in my eyes. I held my voice so that she couldn't hear me sobbing.

It's too much for me to handle this. 'No way… this can't be true…'

The tears fell endlessly.

My mom was holding a stick, with her eyes looked blankly at the other side. Her face showed she's confused. "Angel, is anyone actually here? I'm pretty sure I heard a knock just now…"she said while kneeling down and stroked the dog's fur gently.

No.. No way…

'My mom… is blind…'

~x~

Pretty much cliffhanger, huh?

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