The Power of Goodbye

The Power of Goodbye

Chapter 5

Special thanks to these wonderful and super awesome people! They are the best ever! They are- Unicornslove! (Give her a big round of applause ladies and gentlemen) HeartBrokenHinata! (Give her a round of applause too, in fact, just keep applauding as I call out the names) girl-of-anime! IchikoKitsuneKoumori! Red Moon Ninja! And Tsukishi! All, wonderful, wonderful people! Thank you once again! And now time for the rest of the story! YAY!!

Me: So I have made a few tiny mistakes with the story, but I am gonna fix them, so don't worry!

Hinata: That's good! I was getting confused about some things….

Me: Yep! And if I don't do this now, you all will be wondering what's wrong as you stop reading to find some other, more interesting thing to read. Like the stories by Unicornslove, if you want something good to read, read something by her, she is amazing!

Hinata: I will keep that in mind

Me: Now do the disclaimer!

Hinata: Do I really have to?

Me: Yes, now do it before I do something REALLY whacky like pair you up with…uhh…Tobi!

Tobi: Tobi is a good boy!

Hinata: GINGERLEAVES DOES NOT OWN NARUTO! BUT SHE DOES OWN THIS STORY! ...am I going to be paired up with him?

Me: …uhh….nope! And now time for the story!

Now I want to tell you, in order to read this chapter you must re-read the first chapter, I re-did it, so if you don't it will not make sense, and now for the story!

Recap: Hinata signaled to Sakura to be quiet by putting her index finger up to her lips. She was hoping that the person did not know that they were there. Hinata pulled a giant dictionary off of the bookshelf that was next to them, she slowly started to make her way towards the dark figure with her dictionary in hand as a weapon . . .

Hinata was about to bring the book down upon the strange figure beside the computer, put before she could, a hand snapped up and grabbed her arm, then with the other hand he grasped her hand with the book in it, Hinata dropped her only weapon of defence. Hinata looked up to see how her attacker was and was met with two, pearl white eyes.

"What in the world are you doing, Hinata?" Neji asked as he let Hinata go. Hinata stumbled back on the floor, and bowed, her face getting redder and redder.

"I-I-I am s-s-so sorry N-Neji-niisan! I thought you w-were someone else! " Hinata stuttered, extremely embarrassed that she was going to hit the only person in her family who understood her. Neji stood there and smiled . . . at least somewhat close to a smile.

"Even after all theses years, she still stutters" Neji thought as Hinata looked up, her face redder than a freshly pickled beat.

"Hinata, don't worry about it. And you don't need to stutter around me, even if you tripped over nothing but air and landed on my back. I will always be here for you, no matter what you do or say" Neji said as he walked over Hinata and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"You're the closest thing to a sister that I have, and in saying so, I am your big brother. I will watch out for you the way that you watch out for Hanabi." Neji explained.

Hinata remembered when both she and Hanabi were a few years younger.

They were out at the park; Hinata had turned her back for one minute to get some ice cream for the both. When Hinata was finished buying the ice cream and was walking back, she heard a scream. Hinata dropped the ice creams and ran as fast as she could to where the scream had come from. Hinata's jaw dropped at what she saw, then anger filled her, and she charged. Hinata has seen a man, dressed in all black. He looked just more than a child himself, and with him, a massive grey dog. He was clutching Hanabi by the arm, trying to drag her away. Hanabi was trying to scratch at his arms, but nothing she did helped. Hinata had raced over and started yelling at him, he simply grunted and kept dragging Hanabi. Then, Hinata remember a small weight in her back pocket, something that her father never wanted her to use, unless it was an emergency. She quickly pushed her hand into her pocket until she found what she was looking for. Faster than anyone could imagine a ten year old run, she ran up to the man with her pocket knife in hand. The man flinched as his gazed shifted to where the knife was, although he still didn't let go of Hanabi, so Hinata drew her arm back, and threw the knife at his leg. When the knife struck his leg, he immediately fell, he yelped as his hand let go of Hanabi to press at his wound. Hinata yelled for Hanabi to run to her. Hanabi was crying, and was in shock, but managed to get to Hinata in time for them to both run away safely and call for help.

Hinata had never forgotten the look of sheer terror on her five year old sisters face. Even though Hanabi never really appreciated Hinata, Hinata still felt as though it were her duty to take care of her sister, no matter how much Hanabi hated her.

Hinata looked up at Neji; he had that same look of duty in his eyes. Hinata smiled, and before Neji could blink, he was in a warm embrace.

"Thank you, Neji!" Hinata whispered in his ear. Neji didn't know what to say, so he returned the hug.

"Erm . . . your welcome?" Hinata giggled as she let go and smiled again. Neji (looking as though some random old lady on the street had just given him a quarter for being "Such a nice and handsome young laddie" and telling him to not spend it all in one place.) Neji started to walk towards the door, but before he could leave he remember something:

"Oh, and your father wants a word with you, Hinata" Neji called over his shoulder as he disappeared from view. Hinata clenched her fists at his words

"Why does father always have to have a word with me?" Hinata thought as she turned around to Sakura.

"I'd better go see what father wants before we continue, Sakura." Sakura nodded and the girls made their way back down the hallway and down a flight of stairs to her fathers study. Before she could knock on the door, she gave Sakura that look, the "Do-I-Really-Have-To-Do-This?" look. Sakura slowly nodded, as Hinata knocked three times with the back of her hand. There was a quiet, but strong voice that answered.

"Come in, Hinata" Hinata slowly opened the door and walked in, Sakura quickly on her heels.

"Yes, father? You called for me?" Hinata said determined not to stutter.

"As I told you yesterday, we will be moving very soon. The trucks to take our stuff have already arrived." Hinata lowered her head in disappointment; she really didn't want to leave so soon.

"Yes, father. I will go get my things" And Hinata was about to turn to walk out of the door that they came, but her father interrupted before she could.

"You're not leaving yet." He said in a menacing, but teasing kind of way (if you can mix those two together). Hinata looked up at him, a little worried by his new-found tone.

" . . . What would you like of me, father?" Hinata asked, extremely proud that she didn't stutter. He father got up from his desk and walked over to Hinata.

"I . . . . Wanted to say that I was sorry for hurting you. I really love you, Hinata, and I am sorry for not showing that before." As he said these words, he gently hugged her. Hinata could feel the tears running down her face, she picked up her arms, and for the first time since her mother died, she hugged her father. From behind her Hinata heard a quiet

"Awwww!"

Hinata closed her eyes and thought to herself, still in her fathers warm, loving arms

"Oh, Father! Thank you so much! I can't remember the last time you hugged me." Hinata thought as another roll of tears ran down her face, not from pain, but from love, her fathers love.

A.N

Okay I know, short chappie, but at least I updated, and I also know, yes, nothing happened but I updated, and besides, if I added the next chapter to this one, it would be WAY to long, so yeah. Anyway, please review. EACH TIME YOU READ A STORY AND DO NOT REVEIW A LEPRECHAUN GETS STOMPED ON, IF YOU CARE SAVE A LEPRECHAUN AND REVIEW!