"Over here Hinata!"

Hinata rushed to where Kiba is. She could hear trepidation and alarm in Kiba's voice. So she hastened her steps to where her team mate is. She could see that Kiba is hovering over someone lying on the ground. It was starting to get dark so she had no idea who this person was. Activating her Byakugan, the man, now that she can look better, appears to be dead.

A week ago, their Hokage had given them a B-rank mission, to deliver an important scroll to the Wind daimyo. It was supposed to be simple and wouldn't have taken too much time to successfully accomplish this mission. It was only her, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino that consisted the team. Their sensei, Yuuhi Kurenai was on leave due to her pregnancy. The Hokage trusted them well enough since the three of them have been Chunin for quite some time now. Their mission was accomplished without trouble and while they were on their way back to Konoha, they somehow stumbled upon an area where there seemed to be a deadly battle which might have happened not too long ago.

Hinata quickly rushed to the opposite side of Kiba where he was currently hunched over. Their other team mate, Shino, went to where the rest of his team mates are as well, upon hearing Kiba's voice. She gasped loudly upon figuring out who this particular person is. It was none other than Uchiha Itachi, the feared missing nin who killed every Uchiha except for his younger brother. And he appeared to have stopped breathing. At the moment, he doesn't look that intimidating nor someone to be feared. He looks like a regular young man either on the verge of dying or may have been dead already.

"W-what do you think happened to him?" Kiba asked shakily.

Hinata looked at Kiba and she could see that his fingers were twitching. He appears to be shocked at having realized who this person was as well. His eyes were glued to the Uchiha's injured and pale face. Hinata too, roamed her eyes on the injuries inflicted all throughout his body. Whoever this man fought against with was definitely be strong. Stronger than the S-class missing nin lying on the ground. Shino, on the other hand, appears to be calmer on the outside compared to any of his two team mates. Though with his face almost covered, it's quite hard to tell if it's the truth.

"It could be that a fight occurred here. Why, because there's a lot of damage surrounding this area. My question is, who is capable enough to injure someone as powerful as Uchiha Itachi?" was Shino's monotone reply.

"Of course, I know that bug boy! No need to state the obvious," growled Kiba and sent a menacing scowl to his other male team mate. Hinata silently sighed. Kiba is always defensive when his level of intelligence is somehow questioned or looked down.

"Guys, e-enough of that now," she intervened, sensing a brewing argument between her two team mates. She furrowed her brows and concentrated on assessing the Uchiha and his injuries.

"I'll take a look at him and assess his condition. Kiba-kun, could you please assist me in checking his overall state?" Being the medic assigned to her team, she had her fair share of treating wounds and other injuries to her and her team mates over the years. She may not be as good as Tsunade's apprentice, Haruno Sakura, but with the help of her Byakugan, her medic skills have vastly improved.

While she isn't an all-around medic nin, her specialty which lies on healing illnesses and other minor problems concerning chakra and the eyes, particularly the Hyuga eyes, makes her an important medic in Konoha. Currently, she's the only one in their generation that has this unique capability. A few years ago, her father was against her wishes to become a fully trained medic, insisting that being a medic is a position way beneath her title.

Despite her father and the Hyuga clan council's disapproval, she continued her studies and research. They were all done in secret though. No one knows of this from anyone on her clan apart from her cousin, Neji, who still seemed to be atoning for his mistakes for what happened between them when they were younger. Neji, her beloved cousin, who continued to show his support in whatever she does made her smile despite the situation they were in now. She has forgiven him long ago but in spite of that, her cousin wouldn't seem to budge on his path to atonement for the way he treated her in the past.

The Hokage, Senju Tsunade, who saw her dedication and level of competence in that particular area tried to help and guide her the best way she could without alerting the Hyuga council. Though Hinata wasn't as guided as much compared to her chosen apprentice, Sakura, Tsunade dedicated some of her extra time in teaching the young Hyuga. Of course, the Hokage knows that if Hinata does excel in her chosen specialty, that would be a great benefit to the citizens of Konoha, especially for the shinobi force and the Hyuga clan.

On the third year of her medic training, Hinata saw her efforts come to fruition. Her research, mainly composed of secretly reading medical scrolls in their clan compound's library whenever she could and her Neji-niisan's continued assistance, had been a great help in improving her knowledge when it comes to understanding their bloodline limit, in particular, how the Byakugan works in connection with their eyes.

When an elder clan council member of their clan got diagnosed with blindness, no one knew what to do, having known that it is inevitable. This isn't the first time this happened though. In fact, every Hyuga expected this particular person, Hyuga Saito, to eventually go blind. As most of them knew, upon reaching a certain age, an ancient age if they would have to be honest in terms of the normal shinobi lifespan, would become blind due to the constant use of the Byakugan and the overall declining health of said person. While this isn't exactly Hinata's main motivation for her to excel in this area, she was quite happy to aide in assessing the elder Hyuga's condition. Despite this person being mean to her even until the present, who constantly berated her for her weaknesses and who questioned her father's decision to train her to become the future head of the clan, she remained professional and offered to take a look at the ailing Hyuga elder and see if there's something she might be able to do to improve his condition or even cure the blindness.

She remembered hearing a snort from another Hyuga council member upon saying that she could help. Thankfully, her father nodded and indicated for her to take a look at Hyuga Saito. She didn't miss the glare directed at the particular council member. She smiled inwardly. Her father, while not the most loving man, has started showing affection for his two daughters.

Activating her Byakugan and applying the knowledge in her medical training, Hinata had skillfully located the cause for such blindness in a matter of a few days. It turns out too much use of their bloodline would cause the nerves to weaken cutting the chakra flow towards their eyes resulting to blindness. While this doesn't occur instantly, any Hyuga who has constant use of their bloodline limit would eventually reach a certain point of losing his/her vision if they reached a certain age. The only way to remedy this is to cut out the use of the Byakugan entirely, apply healing chakra to the nerves around the eyes, and improve the overall health.

A month after being in Hinata's treatment, Hyuga Saito regained his vision. While it wasn't as clear as what Hinata hoped it would be, Saito could definitely see the improvements. Swallowing his pride, he mumbled a whispered thank you to Hinata which only made the heiress smile at him in return. The ever present blush still there.

What happened after that, Hinata hadn't quite expected that most of the Hyuga clan began accepting her role as their future head of clan. Her father's approving demeanor, Neji's triumphant smile and Hanabi's proud smile directed solely at her made her heart beat a thousand times more than any other event that has happened in her life. Now, if only she could see a smile like that from Naruto-kun, she could die happily, was what her last thought was before she succumbed into oblivion.