Turned Into Stone
Gaara stared at the ceiling above him. Today was the day. The day he would lose the last of the freedom he had left. The day he regretted since he chose to become ruler of The Sand Village. The day he went to the Leaf Village to meet his fiancé.
His door violently swung open to reveal an irritated Temari. She stood with her arms crossed, veins bulging, with one of the most hideous 'angry faces' he had ever seen. He closed his eyes in an attempt to block out the screeching he knew he was about to hear.
"What are you doing?" Temari yelled, making her way uninvited into his room. "We're leaving in an hour and you're STILL in bed! You barely even sleep!"
Gaara slowly began to roll out of his oversized bed, messing up the sheets as he did so.
"Look at you! You look like a hot mess!" She screeched, prancing around the room as if someone had just lit her on fire. She grabbed various items while doing so. Like a comb, a washcloth, and some type of spray in a bottle.
"Use these." She stated firmly and shoved them in face. "I'll be back in a half hour….be ready." And she left the room.
He was alone yet again.
He got up and went to the bathroom to get a good look at himself. Temari was right.
His red hair was unruly and matted down from the way he lay in bed, His eyes had their usual dark rim around them, and he had this sticky feeling on his skin.
After a bath, and some grooming later, he was as ready as he would ever get. He had used everything his older sister had given him except that ghastly spray, its smell was unbelievably horrid.
He found himself uncharacteristically concerned about his outer appearance. Would he scare her? Did he look good enough?
"Someone looks nervous." Said a familiar voice. Gaara turned to see Kankuro. Before he could deny the truth, Kankuro mumbled, "It's time to go."
He closed his eyes in thought for a moment. He definitely was nervous. He didn't even know who it was he would be engaged to.
When he opened them, he looked dead into his brothers' eyes with as much confidence he could display.
"I'm ready."
In the Leaf Village, utter chaos had befallen the land.
"How could this happen!"
"What's going on?"
"This is unbelievable!"
People everywhere voiced their opinions. But the loudest of them all came from the Hyuuga Estate. Hiashi's voice thundered throughout the walls of their palace.
"Is she still in that…state?"
"Y-Yes" Stuttered a frightened medic nin.
Hiashi's face turned cold and unfeeling. "The Kazekage will be here tomorrow and because of you're pathetic status and incompetence you will cause me to look bad." As he continued, his voice seemed get louder with each word.
"You're daughter is like nothing I have ever seen!" The medic nin defended. "Foul play is definitely a factor…she can't even-"
"Get the Hokage!" Hiashi interrupted, hollering as loud as he could. "I REFUSE to dishonor the Hyuuga name!"
The medic nin scampered out of Hiashi's sight, in search of Tsunade.
Hiashi buried his hands in his face. He felt the over-whelming stress of the situation he was in. Hyuuga's are prefect. There was no room, for dishonor and failures. So why had this strange event occur?
He walked up toward Hinata's bedroom. Hundreds of guards stood in front, and around her doorway.
He only had to stare them down and they shuffled out of his way. When he reached her door, the final guard did not shuffle, or cower out of the way.
"Move." Hiashi grunted.
The nameless guard store straight into his eyes. "We cannot let any harm come to her, if that will happen….." He trailed off.
Hiashi had had enough, and shoved him out the doorway with physical force. He burst open her bedroom door to see Hinata, standing in the middle of her room.
She of course, was not anywhere close to healthy.
Her entire body was a silver, gray color. Her skin, her clothes, her hair, everything. She stood perfectly still in an upright position. Her hands were at her sides, and her body facing the door way.
Her face however had an agonizing look of sheer terror. Her mouth was slightly open as if she had attempted to scream out in her final seconds.
Hinata, had been turned into stone.
Hope you enjoyed the beginning!
Dynamite