Please be kind.

Weather is mysterious in many ways. In Konoha, the weather is usually very nice. If you stretched out your arms to the sky in the spring, there is a soft breeze in the air that passes through your fingers like silk. Summertime is a very humid time, a perfect excuse to go down to the waterfalls, or the ice cream shop. Fall and winter are especially cooler times, but it is rare for Konoha to have snow. Typical weather consists of a bright sun and a beautiful blue sky, with a few white clouds that small children like Shikamaru can imagine all sorts of shapes.

Konoha's weather is strange as well. It understands when something is wrong, and adapts to it. It warns the whole village of the immense pain of a single person. For example, the air held a malevolent chill the night little Sasuke arrived home late from school.

It was not only Uchiha Sasuke who had to walk through the empty streets in eerie silence. Everyone in the village did; they left shops without a word, passed acquaintances without acknowledgement, walked not hearing anything but the sounds of their own movement. It was not like everyone was in conflict with one another; it was just that the dark aura made it feel like there was nothing to say. Not everyone heard the screams of the innocent little boy, but everyone felt the chill.

By the time the ninja realized, it was too late. The blood was already in the air and the little boy's trauma had begun.

Another example of strange weather would be the day little Hyuga Hinata had to stay inside because of the pouring rain. At late evening, she hid behind her father, tightly clinging to his clothes for security as she stared at the ANBU ninja at her door. The high level ranked ninja were soaked head to toe, just like the boy who stood next to them; the boy they were escorting whom Hinata recognized. Droplets of water ran down the ANBU's white and red masks as they asked to speak to Hinata's father privately to discuss the serious situation Hinata's naivete could not comprehend.

Hyuga Hiashi ordered his daughter to watch Sasuke while he spoke to the ANBU. Hinata nodded shyly, feeling the pressure of the ANBU's gaze. She remembered the sound of the adults' steps and how she jumped at the slamming of the sliding door.

So there stood Hinata and Sasuke, three feet apart with no attempts to move from either party. Hinata squeezed the fabric of her kimono nervously, not knowing what to do. She noticed how his clothes stuck to his skin and how water dripped off the tips of his hair. She was going to recommend she get a towel for him, but decided against it when he looked up and stared at her when she tried to stutter out the suggestion.

He's not like how he was that time…She thought to herself.

The silence continued. Hinata grew more and more nervous at the statue-like figure in front of her. She glanced at Sasuke; he stared at nothing without a sound as she was unaware of the horrors that were playing over and over in his head. His eyes only saw the shine of the bloody blade and the bodies of the Uchiha name. Sasuke was lifeless. Hinata was scared.

She made an attempt to talk to him again, "A-a—S-Sasu—"

The door slammed opened and Hinata jumped once again, but this time it was accompanied by a whispered squeak. The ANBU bowed respectfully to the head of the Hyuga clan and left. Hinata looked expectantly at her father.

"Do you know this boy Hinata?" Hiashi's strong voice asked.

"…" Hinata responded with inaudible words.

"Speak up!"

"A-a-aano… S-S-Sasuke attends t-the Academy with me." She bowed shameful of her timid nature.

"He is your classmate, correct?" Hiashi spoke firmly.

"Y-yes father."

"He will be staying with us for a while."

Innocent eyes stared wide at her father then to Sasuke, not knowing the appropriate way to react. Hiashi ordered the two children to follow him as he walked away from the front door and down a hall. The two kindergarteners remained still for a moment, taking in this new change. For the first time, Sasuke made the first move to speak.

"Please take care of me from now on." Sasuke said respectfully in a low voice tinged with bitterness.

Deeper into the Hyuga mansion the three walked, the night rain drizzled against the household making the home seems more eerie. Hiashi addressed the rules of the Hyuga household to Sasuke, making it absolutely clear to the little boy that he was to follow these rules while he was rooming there. Sasuke did not answer or comment and Hiashi did not ask for one. The Hyuga clan leader also spoke harsh hints that Sasuke should be grateful for his generosity. As if on cue, thunder came crashing down making Hinata jump and shriek in a small voice.

The two children came to a halt upon reaching their destination. Hiashi slid open the door to this right gesturing to Sasuke, "This is where you will sleep."

While Hiashi gave details that someone will tend to his needs, Sasuke stepped inside and closed the door without a word to any of them. Hinata was shocked to see her father not bothered by her classmate's ill-manners. Hiashi made another gesture for Hinata to follow him, which she obliged.

"Hinata, I leave that boy to you." Her father said still looking straight head of him.

She momentarily looked up at the back of his head, "Father?"

Hiashi told Hinata that Sasuke will be her responsibility. She was to take care of his food, make sure he is taking care of his hygiene, accompany him to school, and whatever else Sasuke may need. This would be part of her training he continued. So the person tending to Sasuke father was talking about was her, she thought while touching her lip timidly. She was being raised as the heir, that was true, but she was also female, meaning that she was also to be raised as a respectable lady. In other words, a respectable wife.

Hiashi abruptly stopped again, turning around to face his daughter full force making Hinata feel smaller than she already was.

"Don't mess this up Hinata."

"Y-yes f-father…" she confirmed softly and unconvincing.

She bowed once more before her father turned to leave. She looked at the door that stood tall next to her, and then she looked over her shoulder at the hall she had just come from, her eyes locking on a particular door that held a particular person.

Sasuke's room was to be just down the hall from her own.

And tomorrow she would have Sasuke under her care. Things were happening to fast for her. The little girl did not understand why her father had given her such a task for such a girl at her age. She did not know how was supposed to take care of a boy her age but she was going to try so what she could gain her father's recognition. Yes, this would her chance to make her father proud.

A determined Hinata thought these things while she went into her room and climbed into bed. What no one had realized was that little Hinata had unknowingly lost a little innocence they day Sasuke stepped through her door, that is because she would soon learn that he had lost all of his.