[ON HIATUS!!]𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓻𝔂𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓔𝔂𝓮

016: Hinari's Match

         Few days had past and Hinari was still in daze because of her fight with her twin, she was there on the rooftop trying to remove feelings off her shoulder. She prevented herself not to cry, in which she failed to do.

She was alone there, finally crying her heart out.

Later on, the Team 10 finally was able to arrive at the venue. They immediately spotted their friend, staring at the sky, feeling alone.

"Hey! Hina!!" Choji yelled, Hinari sat up and look down to see the Ino-Shika-Cho trio waving at her.

"Hey!" Hinari jumped down and greeted them.

"How long have you been here?" Ino asked

"We're the first one to arrive, second is the sand team, then my brother's team. I haven't seen the other rookies except you three." Hinari answered while entering the building, Shikamaru looked at her with worries in his eyes as he noticed the redness and puffiness of her eyes. She's been crying in secret and he knew it as soon as he saw her.

"You had it all easy, huh. It's a drag for us these past few days." Shikamaru yawned and grabbed Hinari's hand.

"The two of us will be at the rooftop, you guys go first." He added and dragged Hinari back to the rooftop.

"O-oi Shika don't drag m-"

"It's too obvious moron, did something happen?" He asked as they arrived, Hinari lowered her head and nodded.

"I-..., I'm so hurt, Shika.." She sat on the floor next to Shikamaru and leaned her head on his shoulder, sighing.

Shikamaru didn't say anything as he knows silence is the best thing to do other than making her talk, he let her rest as he pat her head.

'what a drag..'

"Hey! Hinari-chan! Hey!" Naruto yelled as he spotted the female walking inside the gym with Shikamaru.

"They passed." Shikamaru gasped, surprised.

"Guess so." Hinari shrugged and waved at them.

Hinari gasped, seeing her friend, Sakura. "Sakura what happened to your hair?!" She questioned

"Ah this? Just wanna change look, and now I've think about it, it looks good on me don't you think?" Sakura replied, playing with her hair.

"It suits you better with long hair, but yeah, it looks good." Hinari gave her a thumbs up before standing in line next to the team 7.

She glanced at Sasuke, who gave her a scowl.

"What?"

"The target's Sasuke huh..."

"Damn that Orochimaru, he snuck inside the leaf to obtain and place some seal to the last survivor of the Uchiha." Anko frustratedly punched the wall.

"So... Why am I here?" Hinari questioned them

"Since you're taking the exam, you can watch over Sasuke. See if there's something unusual happening to him, and if someone try to assassinate or maybe show Sasuke some negative intentions, kill them." Hiruzen ordered, Hinari cocked her head and smiled mischievously.

"She's starting to scare me, for real." Mikazuki whispered to his twin who nodded in agreement.

"Sure, request granted." She responded, placing her hands behind her neck then walked out the door.