Hanting Hinata

Ch. 1 "Confused?"

A/N: The title was purposely put as "Hanting" not "Haunting".

I don't own Naruto or Bleach, but I wish I did.


17 years ago

Hiashi rushed towards the main chamber in the main compound of the Hyuuga estate. He had just come straight from work. He dropped everything and came running to his house when Ko had called him to tell him devastating news.

Hiashi reached the room and barged in. "What's wrong? What happened?"

He caught sight of his wife, Haruka, crying in the corner. She was cradling something that seemed to be one of his children. His twin brother, Hizashi stood just behind her, patting her back.

"Which one is it?" His voice was barely over a whisper.

"Yoriko, Hiashi-sama." Ko sadly looked at the crib.

Hiashi ran over to it.

Inside laid an infant who was perfectly still, with her eyes closed. He moved the clothing from her left forearm and saw nothing.

"This is Hinata." Hiashi felt strangely relieved. "Yoriko has a birthmark on her left forearm."

"I know, Hiashi-sama." Ko couldn't believe the head of the clan's tone. Is he actually relieved that he thought it was Hinata?

The infant inside the crib began to move and coo. Her arms stretching for the big hands she saw gripping tightly at the crib.

Hiashi ignored the noise. He was frozen. "What happened?"

"Yoriko was just found unmoving, Hiashi-sama."

"So she's dead?" Hiashi squeaked.

"I'm afraid so." Ko could see the color drain from Hiashi's already pale face; if that was even possible.

"She was only 17 days old!" Hiashi sharply turned towards the child in the crib. "You! This is your entire fault!"

"Hiashi-sama!" Ko gasped when Hiashi picked the baby up by her foot.

"Why couldn't it be you!" Hiashi shook her. "Why did it have to be her! My heir! Why weren't you the one who had gone! You were the second born! Why take the one with the birthright!"

Hizashi flinched at the words of his brother. He himself was a second born, and was placed in the Cadet branch of the family because he was just born a few measly minutes after his older brother. He watched the baby being mistreated just because she was born a few seconds after her sister. Anger boiled inside of him.

Hiashi felt someone tug on his sleeve.

"Hiashi!" Haruka was reaching for the baby, her tears running down uncontrollably. "Don't! I won't lose them both on the same day! Please!"

Haruka had given Yoriko to Ko, who had placed it back in the crib, uncomfortable of holding the infant.

Hiashi's rage melted away and realized what he had just done. "Oh! Hinata! I'm so sorry!"

He began to sob, his shoulders shaking as he cuddled the baby.

The infant seemed to have hesitantly wrapped her small arms around her father's neck. Hiashi pulled his wife into the embrace.

Little Hinata caught sight of her twin sister just lying on the crib, unmoving; and began to cry.


Present

"Hinata, your weird boyfriend is here!" Hanabi yelled, munching on a strip of turkey bacon. "Hurry up and wake up!"

Hinata rolled over in her bed, opening her eyes, only to be met by the color of the sky. She yelped and immediately turned pink. "N-N-Na-Naruto!"

He smiled his signature smile and stroked her cheek. He was sitting on her bed. "Good morning, hime."

Hinata just realized she just woke up. She grabbed her blanket and pulled it over herself. I-I-I m-must look like a mess! How embarrassing!

Naruto laughed, tugging on her blanket. "Aww! Come on, Hinata. You look beautiful."

Hinata peered from her blanket, her face still pink. "I-I d-do?"

"Yeah, even if you have bed hair," Naruto hooked her chin. "Which I would gladly see every morning. If you know what I mean."

Hinata groaned at his wink and covered her head again. "N-Naruto, you pervert!"

"Ew, can you please do this when you guys are alone?" Hanabi somehow appeared near the door. "I'm trying to eat here!"

He laughed again and patted Hinata's head that was hidden by her blanket. "Hurry and get ready. I'll be waiting in the kitchen with Hanabi. Come on, Shrimp! Let's go!"

She could hear the footsteps going away from her.

"Hurry, sis." Hanabi said as she was being carried away by Naruto. "Before he eats your breakfast."

Hinata waited for her to hear the door shut before she took the blanket off. She looked down at herself and saw she was wearing pajamas with "Princess" written all over it.

She sighed. How embarrassing! She headed towards the bathroom that interconnected with her room. Her own private bathroom.

She let the water run, waiting for it to warm up as she undressed.

It suddenly became chilly.

Hinata…

She rubbed her arms and felt something on her left. She looked down to see a mark on her forearm. It looked like a birthmark.

Strange. Did I always have that? She brought her arm closer to her eyes to inspect the mark.

Hinata…

She turned, only to see nothing. She touched her ears. It had felt like someone had whispered in her ear.

She looked at her forearm to see the mark, but it was gone. She took a look at her other arm and saw nothing. I guess it's just my mind playing tricks on me. I just woke up after all.

She shrugged her shoulders and stepped inside the tub, activating the shower.

Hi… Na… Ta…

She looked to her right. There it is again! She shuddered, the soap from her hair got into her eyes. She quickly rubbed the shampoo from her hair and eyes. She felt as if she had to hurry up and get out of the bathroom.

She shut the water off, hurrying out of the tub and grabbed a towel, wrapping it quickly around herself.

She ran out of her bathroom.

It should have been you… Not me…


"Hey, there you are!" Naruto stood up from his seat. "And you put your hair up. Today must be a special occasion!"

"N-no." Hinata bit her lip, her cheeks becoming pink. She had felt too freaked by what happened when she was taking a shower that she didn't want to go back inside to dry her hair. Instead, she went to the hallway and used the brush and mirror that was always there, and tied her hair back. The best way to dry her hair out.

"Can you please do your nasty stuff after I get out of the house?" Hanabi frowned, getting her bag, heading out the door. "You guys can start when I close the door, okay?"

"H-Ha-Hanabi!" Hinata turned red.

Her sister simply stuck her tongue out teasingly and closed the door behind her.

"Gotta love that kid." Naruto chuckled, walking over to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist, pressing her to him. "Now, time for the 'nasty stuff' Hanabi was talking about."

Hinata felt like she was going to faint. "N-Naruto!"

Naruto laughed, burying his face in her tied hair, inhaling her scent. "Mmn. I was just kidding."

He stopped when he saw the nape of her neck.

Hinata noticed his pause. "What is it, Naruto?"

He pushed her stray hair aside. "Where did you get these?"

Hinata tried to look at what it was, but she couldn't. "Get what?"

"These bruises!" Naruto stared at her, like she was dying. "They look like they hurt."

"Bruises?" Hinata felt her heart skip a beat. "Now that you mentioned it, that part of my neck has been hurting lately. But I'm sure it's nothing."

"Has your father been hitting you?" Naruto asked in a whisper.

"Naruto-kun!" Hinata looked at him, not believing what she heard. "My father may say many hostile words towards me, but he would never raise a hand to hit me! How could you say such a thing?"

"Sorry." Naruto held her hand. "It's just that, the things he tells you are just harsh."

Hinata smiled. "It's just a way to prepare me for my future of being head of my clan. He means nothing by it."

"Why, though?" Naruto muttered.

"I am the first born." Hinata squeezed his hand to assure him. "It's required of my birthright to take over the clan's affairs."

It's not yours…

Hinata shivered. It felt like something was gripping at her back.

"I know, I know." Naruto sighed and got his bag, as well as hers. "We should get going. We're going to be late."

"Y-yeah." Hinata shook the feeling away. "L-let's go."

It's not yours…!


Hopefully I make it suspenseful, or even horror-like (which is what I'm aiming for.)

Oh and, since I couldn't really find anything on the name for Hinata's mom, My cousin just gave me her best bet on what it was. (Which was 'Haruka,' just because it started with 'H,' considering the names Hiashi, Hinata and Hanabi.)

If there is a name for her, Haha, I'm sorry, I'm really bad in research.

(In fact, I actually failed that class…)

I guess that sort of explains the reason why Hiashi's always cold towards Hinata.

Hope you liked it.

:))

{I'll continue this after I'm done with Someday Love Will Find You. I wrote this to take a break from it.}