Kitsunekitsune-bi: It's been quite some time since I've written anything so please excuse my poor . . . everything. Keep in mind that this story was written on a whim and may not be updated regularly, if at all. You can say that this story was inspired by or based off of my other fiction, Stretching Shadows, which has been pretty much abandoned. Well anyway enjoy and remember, whether you love it or hate it, review! I don't bite . . . much.
Summary: Finding the light is much harder then it seems.
Focus
Chapter 1: Open Wide
Rain fell heavily to the ground, drowning the already low voices in its downpour. The small crowd of passersby quickly dispersed and leaving only one in the graveyard. A girl with hair as black as midnight stood alone in front of a tombstone. It read "A loving wife and mother."
The girl took a deep breath and began to remember the short time she had with her mother.
"Mother, when will you be coming home?"
"Soon, Hinata, very soon." Luckily young Hinata didn't grasp the double meaning in her words.
"Soon enough to celebrate my birthday?"She said. Her childish plea went unanswered and silence engulfed the room.
Hiashi sat at his wife's bedside with his head in his hands and sighed shakily. He was so completely lost, so out of control of the situation at hand, it was as if the weight of the world had been placed on his shoulders and he was about to drop it.
"Hinata, say . . . goodbye to your mother and head home with your aunt." said Hiashi his weak voice breaking the short silence. Hinata looked at her father worry filling her features; she had never heard her father sound like that before. But she went over to her mother nonetheless and said her goodbye, a soft, barely audible sound, and then hugged her mother tightly with the newfound fear. She began to leave and paused at the door, looking back at her mother who had a smile on her face, and her father who had returned his head to his hands once again. Something was wrong but the young Hinata couldn't understand what it could possibly be.
The next day Hinata understood everything.
Her mother was gone and she would not be coming back.
That night her all seeing eyes were forced open, and she was made to see the ugliness that is the world.
Hinata crept into Hiashi's study and saw him. He was slumped in his chair barely aware of his eldest daughter entering the room.
"Father?" she said voice filled with confusion as silence filled the room. Hiashi finally looked up at his daughter and made Hinata wish she had stayed in her room. Hiashi broke into pitiful sobs immediately at the sight of his eldest.
A father is strong.
A father is unbreakable.
A father is protection.
To such a man break down and cry, is something no child should see.
The shelter Hinata had sought in her father's arms was no more.
"You look just like her." he said and smiled. It was broken and torn but a smile nonetheless.
It was the first time she saw him cry.
And the last time she saw him smile.
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