Hinata sensei

calm before the storm

It took days to get back to Konoha days for Hinata to think about what she had done. She unleashed possibly one of the most powerful Shinobi that had ever existed back into the world but if she for to tell anyone they would not believe her. The woman insisted she was the Byakugan Princess, something she had been running away from for years she did not want to hear about it. She dismissed her students and allowed them to enjoy their time off from such a long mission part of her wanted to think all of them making it out alive was a success but to her it didn't make her feel any better. She had almost killed her friends and even her student Naruto because of that jitsu that was casted on her no amount of telling her that it wasn't her fault would change the fact that almost happened.

She was walking alongside Asuma and Kurenai the debriefing had started. They reported everything that had happened on the mission as it happened. The evidence pointing that it was Konoha that was responsible the Hokage looked like it he had aged; he sat there and silence as they explained everything. When they stopped he spoke "then it is as I feared the sapphire village will ask for protection from the land of lightning and there's nothing we can do about it without starting a war this is bad"yes it was having part of the land of fire territory annexed by its neighbor this was going to look really bad on the Hokage someone was going to use that against him and she knew who it was.

"So what do we do Hokage Sama?"asked Kurenai"unfortunately there's nothing we can do for right now you should all prepare your students for the upcoming Chunin exams soon they will be asked if they would like to enter them it'll be up to you all ultimately to recommend them to the Chunin exams that's why I would recommend you stay as close to the village as possible you're all dismissed" Kurenai and Asuma left leaving Hinata and the Hokage alone.

"I heard what happened on the mission Hinata"she did not want to be told it wasn't her fault again she was sick of hearing about that."I'm not going to tell you it wasn't your fault that's not why I want to talk to you alone that jitsu I want to hear a report what did it do to you what did it bring out what I was told it brought out emotions in you a part of yourself that you had suppressed getjitsus can do various things to people's minds but never what it did to you can you explain what happened?"Hinata didn't want to think about the jitsu it was horrible she heard voices she was experiencing memories all the same time that she was consumed with rage.

"The jitsu brought repressed memories to the surface. I heard voices telling me I was a failure. I was worthless amongst other things. I'd rather not discuss"the old man looked at her understandingly."I understand but this jitsu is dangerous you have a strong resistance against genjutsu it should not have done what it did to you someone is well trained as you you were trained by genjutsu Masters you should not have been reduced to the state that you were reported to be in it has to be some sort of new weapon that an enemy developed like a ninja tool or something"Hinata thought about that but she couldn't see what kind of weapon it was that was used on her.

"I can't tell you anything more than I've told you I don't know if I did I would have told you everything in the reports I don't know any countermeasures against this Jitsu assuming it's a jitsu at all not some sort of toxin than enemy injected in my bloodstream. I just don't know"the truth is no one knew and that's what terrified her the most about this jitsu. "I suggest you stay in the village with your team and focus on training them for the time being. We've taken your blood, we will see if there was anything in your bloodstream in the meantime stay in the village"this was not a request, it was an order.

"I will do as you ask Hokage Sama"Hinata bowed respectfully and left.

Hiruzen thought when things going to get bad it got worse. He looked at all of the reports that counsel would use this against him and so would the civilian council. He couldn't help but feel like someone was conspiring to remove him from power he would have gladly had stepped down had he had someone else that he could trust to take on the mantle of Hokage themselves but there was no one in the village he trusted. Everyone else was either inexperienced or wasn't someone he would trust with the job. There was one person he would choose but he knows he would never want to be the Hokage in the first place.