Sleepless D: New story, thanks MidnightXxBlue for the idea, Hinata goes on a trip of her own, but it isn't what she'd have thought. Peace out.

It's been one month, two weeks and six days since Naruto left, if you wanted the exact date, Hinata could tell you the exact time, but that won't be needed. At the Hyuga compound, Hinata breathed carefully, having fought her cousin and managed to get a few hits on him and Hiashi watched with interest. "Hinata seems to be growing..." He says, having two other people standing near him.

One looked like a much older version of Hiashi, nodding with his droopy eyes on her. "Yes, but she won't grow to be the heiress..." The elder sighs.

The third one chuckled, wearing a black cloak and his hood covered most of his face, his jaw was bony and he had pale skin, even paler than the Hyuga clan. "He does have potential, more then you can imagine." The man says, coughing shortly after and Hiashi looked at him with slight concern.

"Are you alright?" He asked, seeing that his movements went from normal to a pained clenching and a bit of a spasm.

"Yeah, spiffy." The man says, wiping his hand on his own cloak, looking at Hinata as she got up and got in her stance with Neji.

The two charged at each other, throwing their palms at each other and dodging at the same time, increasing in speed as they attack each other. The man watched them, spotting some flaws that could've been used to win, but knew the others missed them. "So why should we risk the secrets of the Hyuga clan?" The elder asked, glaring at the man.

"Father, I have known this man for many years, he can be trusted." Hiashi says, looking at his child and brother's son, seeing them fight, Hinata with more heart, Neji with more skill. He sighed as he saw Hinata take a few hits and stumbles away, Neji also sighs, about to tell her to take a break, but Hinata shot forward and managed to get a hit in. Neji was shocked at this and stumbled back, he was about to retaliate, but Hinata manages to hit him again before he sent her next attack away, soon smashing his palm into her face and made her fly backwards in pain.

Neji saw what he did and quickly went to her, making sure she was aright while the three men looked in slight surprise. "Seems that the little bud has started to blossom, into what, I don't know, I wish to make her blossom into something worthy, come on Hiashi, you know my program." The man says, gaining a sigh from Hiashi who looked at his father.

"Fine, but I'm having an escort to guard her." Hiashi tells him, gaining a sigh from his father and a nod from the man. "So when will you take her, my friend." Hiashi says, looking at his daughter and was slightly worried.

Hinata looked and saw her father watching her, she became confused and a little scared as her father waved with her grandfather standing behind him and a man she hasn't seen before. 'I'm worried now...' Hinata says to herself, wondering who the man was.

"As soon as she packs, because I need to leave soon." The man claims and walks away from the two. "I need to rest, so tell your daughter the news and do what she has to before she leaves." He says, heading towards his room that Hiashi offered during his stay.

Xxxxx

It has been over an hour and Hiashi has just informed Hinata, waiting for her to finish her training and meal before telling her. Hinata was in slight shock, not sure why her father was sending her away. "F-Father...why am I g-going away? I w-want to be here w-with my team...training until Nar..." Hinata began, but closed her mouth as she lowered her head.

"I want you to grow, the man I'm sending you with is the strongest man I know, he has a special academy that allows you to grow to your full potential...and I saw what you managed to do against Neji. You should be proud and I saw the potential, Norio informed me that it's a two year training course, give or take." Hiashi tells her, seeing her slightly distraught about leaving the village for so long.

"B-But...I..." Hinata begins, but not sure how to convince her father to let her to stay.

"Hinata...I'm doing this so you can grow...Neji told me on your growth, I watched you for the pass month, and I admit...you have grown, I wish for you to become the best." Hiashi tells her, making her surprised as she realised that her father wants to help, thinking that he wanted her away at first and thought she didn't have much potential.

"...A-Alright...father..." Hinata replies, looking down. "S-So, when do I h-have to go?" Hinata asked.

Hiashi sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, thinking for a second. "Tomorrow morning." Hiashi tells her.

Hinata was a little surprised by this. "B-But t-that's so s-sudden father..." Hinata says and started freaking out.

"Hinata, he has to leave soon, but I will give you an allowance so you can get anything that you need during your time there." Hiashi tells her, gaining a nod from her, slightly happier, but was still scared. "You can go and prepare." He tells her.

Hinata stands up, slowly walking to the door and exits the room, wondering what she has to do.

Xxxxx

It was dark outside, fireflies flew around and a man in a black cloak was sitting on the Hyuga roof, he watched through a window as Hinata was still packing for tomorrow. He chuckles as he pulls his hood down, showing his facial features, he has a shaved head, showing his head entirely, which is very skull like since he had no fat on. He looks as though he's never eaten in years and his yellow eyes showed more experience than his age, if looked at closely, showed someone in their late twenties.

He coughs a little and knew that the air to his side rippled slightly, soon having a person wearing a dark green cloak land in a crouched position next to him. The person pulled out a handkerchief and coughed hard, spitting up something and sighed, the person looked at the man and chuckled. "You still in this village Master Norio?" The person asked, revealed them self as a younger man.

"Yes, I just found a girl that has potential." Norio says, looking at the younger man with a smirk. "Why take the journey to see me?" Norio asked.

The younger man looked and saw Hinata. "That her?" He says, pointing at Hinata.

"Yeah...she's one of the most hidden potential I've seen in many years." Norio says and looks at Hinata, knowing that she was anxious about leaving in the morning.

"I see...me fucking he-" The younger man began, but Norio punched him and made him role away, trying to muffle his screams of pain. After several seconds, the young man stands up, rubbing his face under the hood and glared at Norio, showing a blue eye. "You know I don't like it when you touch me!" The guy yelled.

"Who does?" Norio asked, gaining a nod from the guy. "Now get out of here, I've got a few more students to find before coming back." Norio says, gaining another nod from the guy.

"Okay Master, I'll be waiting..." He says and does an unusual hand sign, muttering something and soon causing the area around him to ripple and vanishes.

Norio chuckled as he closed his eyes, waiting for the morning. 'It's going to be a busy day tomorrow...' Norio says to himself.

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Just outside the Leaf village, Hinata was standing next to her bodyguard, Ko, who wore his Leaf Shinobi uniform. "S-So you're c-coming?" Hianta asked her bodyguard.

Norio stood near them, having some final words with Hiashi. "I'll ensure she'll become the best." Norio tells him.

Hinata looked to see her team nearby, making her nervous while Kiba was giving her the thumbs up, Shino doing a nod and Kurenai smiled sadly at her. "Stay safe Hinata." Kurenai tells her.

"We best get going now; we've got a long journey ahead." Norio says to the two Hyuga members.

Hinata nodded in nervousness and Ko smiled at her reassuringly. "Don't worry Hinata, we'll be alright." He tells her, making her feel more at ease since she's with someone she knows.

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It's been a couple of days since the group left the village, heading north and the two Hyuga members were confused to where they were going. "Mind if I ask a question?" Ko asked.

"What is it?" Norio asked, having not looked at the two the entire journey, not even during their breaks to rest.

"Where are we going?" Ko asked, making Norio stop for a second.

"We're going to pick a couple of people up; they're potential candidates for my academy." Norio says. "The first one is a young Monk from a monastery, somewhere at the borders of the Sound Nation.

Ko and Hinata stopped in their place, making him stop and look at them for the first time during the entire journey. "The Sound Nation tried to invade us, we're still on bad terms with them." Ko tells him.

"So? My academy is open to all." Norio tells them, making them nod, but remained cautious.

Xxxxx

It was close to night-time and the three finally reached a very steep mountain, it stood out since there was a large, thick wall and several stone buildings on the mountain. "I-Is this the m-monastery?" Hinata asked, looking at the strangely beautiful structures.

Norio chuckled. "Yeah, this is the Death-Fist order's monastery." Norio tells them, making them look at him in confusion the order's name.

"Interesting name...any purpose for...that?" Ko asked.

Norio just chuckled as he walked on, making them worried slightly, but figured it was just a name. They continued walking forward and reached the metal gate, seeing a skull pattern on it and became slightly worried since it smelled like death. "Who goes there?" Someone called, they looked and saw a white cloaked man sitting against the stone wall, his eyes wrapped around with a cloth.

Hinata and Ko were in shock, not seeing the man who was just sitting there, and the Hyuga clan never miss a thing. "D-Did you s-see him?" Hinata asked.

"No...That's a first..." Ko says, seeing the man and he looked close to eighty.

"I'm here to collect your candidate." Norio tells him.

"Very well my lord..." The old man says, walking towards the gate and slowly placed his hand on the metal, skull patterned gate, causing the gate to explode open.

Ko and Hinata were in shock, not knowing how an old man was able to do that. "Come on then." Norio says while walking into the monastery and the two followed.

They met several staircases that led upwards, seeing some people walking around. But they were shocked that bodies laid on the ground and staircase, some more rotten than others, but a couple were fresh. "What happened here?" Ko asked, feeling Hinata grab his sleeve in fear.

"This is a place where death is natural as living, that and the Nations nearby use this place as a Jonin test, kill one of the monks and escape before you die." Norio says, making Ko and Hinata look in shock.

They looked at the monks and they were all wearing white robes and their eyes wrapped with a cloth. Ko activated his Byakugan and was shocked, seeing even more bodies and skeletons covering the entire area, also seeing that all the monks were blind. "Why would they kill blind monks?" Ko asked.

"You saw the old man back there, they specialise in Death's Fist, one of the most deadly fighting stances, but rare to master. Some even specialise sensing opponents, hard to do if you don't see." Norio says, looking at Hinata. "Don't look away; you'll most likely see bodies in the future."

Hinata was a little scared now, but Ko tried to keep her calm as they walked forward. "It's alright Hinata." Ko tells her.

Xxxxx

They walked and climbed up the stairs, Hinata and Ko exhausted by climbing the stairs for half an hour. They were near the top now and they were surprised since they saw a massive temple, finally built and made Hinata looked in admiration, knowing that it'd have taken many, many years to make it.

They soon saw Norio talking to a couple or monks, they didn't hear what was said, but Norio soon signalled the two to come and they entered the temple. "My other potential student is inside, come and see." Norio tells them, they walked further into the temple.

They soon entered a room that made Hinata and Ko pause in shock. The room was several hundred yards wide in all directions, markings on the wall and several people sat in a circle, praying or meditating. They looked closer and saw markings on the floor, in a different language or strange markings they didn't recognise, within the centre, there was a small girl.

"Eri, Lord Norio has come to collect you." Norio tells the out, making Ko look in confusion.

"Did you just call yourself as third person?" Ko asked.

Norio looked at him. "They're blind..." Norio says, looking and seeing the girl standing nearby already, despite being over a hundred yards away. "And you're fast." Norio chuckled.

"Lord Norio, I have been waiting for your arrival for so long." Eri says.

Hinata looked at the girl, seeing her wearing a white kimono, her eyes bandaged as well as her limbs. Her hair was blond and tied in a loose ponytail, she is considered attractive, but not seeing her eyes made it strange. "Hello Eri, you'll be travelling with me and-" Norio began.

"And the man and girl with special eyes..." The girl says, making Hinata and Ko surprised.

"They said she can sense anything, even special abilities." Norio says, looking at the girl. "So, ready to leave?" He asked.

"Yes, but don't you wish to spend time here, with your brother?" Eri asked, making Ko and Hinata look at him.

Norio looked at them. "No, and don't ask, he's been sealed here for years." Norio says, making Ko and Hinata nod, "We best be off, still got another child to get.

Xxxxxxxxxx

It has been a few days since they collected Eri, Hinata has been talking with her and gets a little nervous since the girl seemed stable, but seemed unstable at the same time. She was collective yet knew what was going on and sometimes went to push a branch away, ended up breaking the tree in half.

Norio didn't react to her strength and just whistled while an Onbuu was freaking out by what happened and ran. "We're close to our next person." Norio says.

"W-Where are w-we?" Hinata asked.

Norio looked at the sky, licking his finger and holding it in the air. "About...two miles away from Takigakure..." Norio says, making Hinata look in confusion.

"How do you know that?" Hinata asked.

"Well...we're passing an ivy covered sign that is encoded for the ninja." Norio says, walking on and soon reached a rundown wagon with a teenage boy relaxing while a fish was being cooked on the fire.

"This person has an unusual aura around him." Eri says, lifting her head.

Ko looked and activated his Byakugan, seeing that she was correct. "Yeah...interesting..." Ko says, seeing his chakra and it was going weird.

Norio licked his finger again, checking the air. "Yeah, this is the kid." Norio says and walks to the boy. "Hey, I've been searching for you." Norio says with a smirk.

The boy sits up, looking at Norio and had a slightly panicked look on his face. "...I have a bad feeling..." The boy says.

Norio chuckled. "No, I knew your Sensei, he recommended you over a ages ago and I'm taking the offer."

The boy chuckled. "Well...not sure when that was, because I went rouge and been on the run for years now." The teenage boy says with a smirk. "And now I'm going to go to my meal, you lot, just leave or suffer."

Norio chuckled and bent down, looking at the boy and making him uncomfortable, Norio reached over to the fire and grabbed the fish. The boy was a little freaked out since Norio was ignoring the flames and pulled the fish out of the fire. "This fish?" Norio asks, tossing the fish behind him and looked at him.

The teenage boy grabbed Norio's covered shoulder. "Leave me alone." He tells Norio.

Norio chuckled, grabbing the teenager's shoulder. "Susumu, you can't do that to me." Norio says in a bemused voice.

The boy known as Susumu freaked out and rolled backwards. "W-Who the f-fuck are you!?" He yelled.

"Norio Ikari, I am the master of an academy, built to train the most special people, and I know you are." Norio tells him.

Susumu looked at the others, seeing Hinata and recognising the eyes. "A Hyuga, thought you only stayed in the village." He says, looking at the two girls and smirked. "It's been awhile since I've hung out with girls-" Susumu began, but Norio patted his check and made him role back, yelling in pain and rubbing his cheek. "What the fuck was that!?" He yelled.

"Never mind, just get your stuff and let's move." Norio says, making the boy nod in nervousness and quickly gather his stuff and putting down the fire.

Xxxxxxxxxx

It has been a couple of days since they received Susumu; they were deeper in an overgrown forest, the people following Norio, other than Eri. "How much longer is our journey going to be?" Ko asked, tired of journeying for so long.

"We're nearly there." Norio states, soon reaching a very large cave. "And we're here." Norio states.

Eri looked towards the cave, or better yet, faced it, after a second. "There are several people in there already." She says.

Hinata and Ko activated their Byakugan and were soon shocked, seeing tunnels and rooms with enough room to hide a village in. "So this is the academy?" Ko asked, seeing adults and teenagers within the cave.

"It use to be a temple from the old days." Norio tells them.

Susumu looked at Hinata and smirked, he stepped towards her and put his arm on her shoulder. "So, want to share a bed during our time here?" He asked, to Hinata, his voice echoed in her head.

Hinata knew something was wrong, but was finding it hard to refuse him. "That's not a nice thing to do mate." A voice came from next to Susumu, causing everyone to role and look to see the person.

Eri freaked out for some reason, stumbling away in shock and Ko noticed this, confused to why. "Who the fuck are you!?" Susumu yelled in shock.

"Strife, one of your instructors." He says, taking his hood down and showed a guy in his late teens, having messy brown hair, his right eye brown while his left was blue. He pulled out a handkerchief and coughed into it hard, Ko managed to see the handkerchief and saw bloodstains on it.

"W-Where did you come from!?" Eri yelled, making Hinata come back to the world and saw Strife.

Strife chuckled, putting the handkerchief away and walking away, but nodded at Norio before walking into the cave. "This will be the bloodiest time of your lives; death is more common than being a ninja here." Strife chuckled.

"Now, now Strife, leave that for the others." Norio says, looking at the young ones. "We aim to train you to be the best, and being the best comes at great risks." Norio tells them.

"Are you alright Hinata?" Ko asked her, seeing that she was distracted.

"Y-Yeah..." Hinata replied, making a note to never let that happen again with Susumu.

Sleepless D: Hoped you liked it, review as you wish, thanks MidnightXxBlue for the idea. Peace out.