“I had a dream...” said Hinata, interrupting the awkward atmosphere. Sasuke looked at her. “It wasn’t a nightmare, but it was … scary.” She continued. Her eyes looking at nothing in particular.
Couldn’t be any scarier then mine, thought the Uchiha boy.
Hinata continued, “Everything was hazy. Green… like the fireflies from last night.” She hugged her knees. “I saw… Naruto-kun. But his eyes weren’t the same. They looked like… a fox’s.” At this, Sasuke looked at the girl more intently. Suddenly he was now interested in her story.
“I thought he was glaring at me, but he wasn’t.” she continued. “I turned around, and I saw the silhouette of a person. Their eyes were glowing red, and their long hair swayed in the wind. After a little while, I realized it was you.” This tugged the boy’s interest even more.
“I thought you said this wasn’t a nightmare.” He said.
“Th-that was just the first part.” She stuttered, looking at Sasuke with a rosy face. He couldn’t help but feel like another ton was taken off his heart.
    Hinata continued, “I was looking at you in my dream, and I was scared. You and Naruto were fighting it seems. I watched helplessly as he charged at you, and you charged at him. The setting was rocky. Dust flew everywhere as you both glided on air. Before you made contact with each other, the scene just changed into a brighter scene. It wasn’t as green, but it still was…
“I felt a wind pass me. But I felt warm. I could see my hair flow in all directions, and I realized I was in mid-air.”
She looked down.
“It was like I was being pulled up by a force.” Saying that, she looked up slowly, and zoned out again. “After that, the scene simultaneously switched and I saw…” she fiddled with her fingers, trying to find the next word. “A jade stone.”
Sasuke felt something from that sentence.
“It glowed the warmest green,” continued Hinata. “And it was just so… beautiful. It made me feel pleasant, just looking at it. Like problems did not exist.” She slightly smiled a gentle smile.
“I tried to reach for it, like this,” she made a motion with her hands like catching water in the air. “But then…” her hands curled into light fists. “…it was gone, and I woke up.” Her smile disappeared.
Sasuke tried to sit up. Flinching, he said, “Tell that to Tsunade. It doesn’t sound like a normal dream.” He finally sat up, pain still clear in his eyes.
“Sasuke-kun!” exclaimed Hinata as she suddenly stood in alert. “You shouldn’t get up, I told you—“
“Tell Tsunade!” he interrupted. Hinata fell silent. “I’ll be fine.”
She wanted to say something but couldn’t think of what. Feeling discouraged, she looked down. “Was that all you dreamt about?” asked Sasuke after a brief moment of silence.
The Hyuuga girl abruptly looked up. She nodded unsurely. “It s-seems short, but when I woke up, hours had passed.”
“I see.” replied the Uchiha boy. As swiftly as he could, he slid off the bed of blankets, trying to ignore the pain that shot through his body.
“Sasuke-kun!” exclaimed Hinata with an alert tone. She ran to his side, and pressed a hand against his chest and back to support him. Even with Hinata holding him up, he still didn’t look very stable. He staggered, trying to walk.
“This is nothing.  Go tell Tsunade your dream.” He took another awkward step.
    Hinata acted as Sasuke’s lean-on in their search for the woman, Tsunade. Usually, Sasuke would have felt uneasy with someone helping him, keeping his body from falling. But this time, for some reason, he felt comfortable with this girl walking with him. He was getting used to her company.
       Tsunade was at what looked like a new grave sight dug up by the left-over Konoha villagers. Her face glistened with sweat, and patches of dirt were visible all over her body. She watched as the timid Hyuuga girl led the ever-so-great Uchiha boy towards her, his arm around her shoulders for support. It was quite an interesting sight. Tsunade couldn’t help but look surprised.
“I see Sasuke’s woken up.” She said in her usual loud voice.  “Um…” Hinata began. The woman looked down at her.
“What is it?” she asked. The timid girl kept her eyes on the floor. “I… that is… Um—“
“She has something to tell you. A dream she’s had.” Sasuke interrupted impatiently. Hinata nodded hesitantly in agreement. “Oh?”

   With her usual nature, Hinata told Tsunade the images that came to her through a dream. “Can you interpret it?” asked Sasuke. He sat coolly on a rock, not looking at all like he has a sore body. Tsunade tapped her chin, and looked up into space. She noticed that the sky was getting darker. Evening was coming sooner than expected.
After a while of pondering, she replied, “I have a few theories. I’ve never interpreted dreams before.”
“Anything is fine. I know that what Hinata had had was more then just a silly dream.” said Sasuke.
Tsunade looked at him with a now serious expression. “Sasuke,” she began in a deep, serious tone. “I’m not sure, but some kind of powerful energy, maybe chakra, will find its way to you. It’ll turn you into a form, like your cursed seal is in full power.”
“Cursed seal?” murmured Hinata to herself, soft enough that no one heard her.
Tsunade continued, “Naruto will activate his red chakra, and he will be trying to stop you. Possibly slowing you down from… I don’t know what exactly… Maybe from destroying all that is around you. Maybe from letting this overwhelming power take over your body.”
Sasuke looked at Tsunade with concentrated eyes.
“Or maybe he’s just trying to kill you before you kill everything else.”
At this, the boy felt a gripping at his heart.
“As for this green stone, I’m guessing it’s meant to calm you down, judging from its description. Or perhaps it is the power you all seek.” continued the woman with a steady voice. “The very power that will cause you to go berserk.” Her eyes narrowed as she said this.
“B-but…” Hinata stuttered lightly. Her voice was almost too soft to hear. “The feelings I got from it… it can’t be dangerous—“
“Hinata,” Tsunade cut her off. “My other theory is that only you are able to locate this stone.” The woman turned her head to face the timid girl completely. “You were the one who dreamt of it, you are probably the only one who can navigate it. I’ve never heard of such a description from just looking at Jade.”
Hinata’s eyes widened in surprise. She touched her lips with a crooked finger for comfort, as she had done in her first battle with her cousin, Neji.
Tsunade let out a soft sigh. In her eyes, Sasuke could tell that she was making a painful decision. Regret was making itself clear on her as well.
“Sasuke, Hinata,” said the fifth Hokage with a softer voice then usual. “Both of you, you are our only hope for this village to ever thrive again.”
Hinata looked at the woman in confusion. Sasuke’s hands tensed in his pockets.
“I want you to find that Jade, that stone that makes all things pleasant, Hinata.”
The timid girl widened her eyes in shock this time. Tsunade turned to Sasuke. “You. I want you, with a loyal heart, to absorb the power from this stone.” This time, it was Sasuke’s eyes that were surprised.
“I think that if you set aside your feelings of rage, and greed for power, then you will be able to control what this stone holds for you. If things start to get troublesome because of your own feelings, Naruto will be there to help with that.”
Naruto… Sasuke had almost forgotten about him. He bent his head to look at this floor. “And if I gain this unknown power, am I to use it against Orochimaru and his minions?” he asked with a low, deep voice.
“Yes.” Replied Tsunade bluntly. “It’ll be risky, but whatever opportunity presents itself, we must take hold of it.” Her voice was louder this time. She stretched and stood up, her back facing the young pair.
“Right now, you both are tired. Naruto has just woken up. I can’t have you all leaving right away in your current conditions.”
She looked back with determined eyes, and continued, “I’ll give you all a week to rest. In that time, you can decide whether you want to do this, and you may pack as much as you can carry. After the week is done, you may leave.” After those words, she started walking towards the camp.
“Wait, Tsunade-sama!” called Hinata. Tsunade stopped in her tracks. “Why don’t you come with us?” she asked with a shaky voice.
The fifth Hokage looked back with caring eyes. “The villagers need someone to protect them now. And I won’t fail them this time.” A slight smirk stretched her lips. Then she turned away and continued walking, leaving Hinata and Sasuke standing alone in surprise, and silence.
In a little while, Naruto appeared to them, and so did the other boys of Konoha.