Hey there, this is the second chapter in my 'shrouded eyes' story. Hope you like it. and I don't own Naruto, no matter how much I wish I did.

About a day after setting off for home, I realized something. I had to return back to the mist to report the failure of my mission. So, with much chagrin, I headed back to my village. If, like I had wanted, headed onwards to Konoha, I would have been classified as a missing nin… again… and I didn't much like the prospect of being hunted down and killed.

I guess I should say a bit more about myself. As you already know, I'm a twenty-three year-old ninja, from the Hyuuga clan of Konoha. When I was five years old, my mother died, and since my father was so overcome by grief, I was fostered off to one of the other people in the clan. I guess it was because of this that no one put the cursed seal on my forehead.

I knew all about the cursed seal from my father, butI was always afraid of it, afraid of the complete control that the main branch would possess over me. It was the ability to kill me with a single hand sign. I guess they were waiting for an heir to be born into the main branch.

When I was eight, my father remarried, and I was allowed to live with him again. About a year later, they had a son. My younger half brother, Neji, was now part of the world. I loved him, and always looked after him when my father and stepmother weren't around.

Another year passed, and my uncle, the head of the main branch, had a daughter. This girl was Hyuuga Hinata, heir to the main branch. I was ten at the time, and I thought she was the cutest thing in the world. I didn't care that she was the heir, and that I was just a branch member.

Three delightful years passed, but there was always a shadow looming over my head. I knew that when Hinata had her third birthday, I and my brother would be branded with the mark of a branch member. I was able to ignore it for the most part, but when it was just the night before her birthday, I ran. I was a coward. I packed my stuff quickly, and left, leaving only a note saying that I was sorry.

I was hunted for a while, and I know I was lucky to have been able to escape them with my life, seeing as I had just graduated from the academy.

The Hyuuga clan's most prized secrets are contained within the white eyes that I possess, and they were afraid that I would betray the secrets of the clan. I wouldn't, because I couldn't, even if I wanted to. You see, I'm not like the normal Hyuugas. My eyes are sightless, until I activate my bloodline limit. I think that I'm the only Hyuuga in history that has been truly blind. Unfortunately, that made it hard for me to accomplish my dream to become a ninja. So, I had to adapt. I adapted in a way that I guess is pretty amazing. Instead of seeing colour, I see chakra at all times. It makes some things harder, and some things easier. For example, I have trouble doing needlework and sewing, but I can play a deadly game of tag. I guess I'm kind of lucky, because everything, even inanimate objects have a little bit of chakra in them.

I think I wandered around for a while after I fled, but I'm not sure, everything is a bit of a blur to me. What I do know is that at fourteen years old, I became a chuunin of the mist, and at seventeen, a jounin. I was even part of their hunter nin squad, but I found the work far too taxing. The last six years I spent as an average ninja, albeit a blind one. No body expected me to be the rumored 'dead Hyuuga', which was a blessing in itself.

Now, ten years from the day I left, I will be returning home, even if the only thing I receive is a cold welcome. At least I'll be home…

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AN: I hope this makes sense, and I'm not sure if this follows up from chapter one. If you see any mistakes or things that aren't quite right, could ya tell me? Anyways, I hope that Kemari isn't too much of a Mary-Sue... I don't like Mary-Sues... meh... so, my only real request is, no flames, please?

Thank You!

- Crimson Dragongem