My very first attempt at writing naruto stories even though I am member at the fanfiction for quite some time now.
This is going to be a multi-chaptered story with independent plot each chapter and it will focus on Hiashi's point of view of people surrounding his family or not. I have a weakness with the Hyugas from Naruto(who doesn't anyway). So I don't want to spoil the stories for you.! Read below and rate if you want! Feedback is always welcome!
Disclaimer notice: The manga Naruto ,his characters that are referred below as well as some plot scenes that exist in the text, all these belong to Kishimoto Masashi and only!
Thoughts of a Noble man….
Chapter 1: To a better place
At his forty two years of life, Hyuuga Hiashi has contemplated his life quite a few times. To be honest actually, at certain times when he is free of the usual burdening official work of the Hyuuga Council, he rests at his favorite chamber next to the garden, enjoying his strong flavored green tea and while taking in the whole breathtaking scenery of the Hyuuga Gardens, he allows himself to ride the road inside the secrets paths of his mind…Because as they say, who can know him more than he himself?
Life for him has never been easy. At some time of his life, he must have believed that life is a burden itself, that people only live to suffer and death is the best option. At the recent years though he has changed his point of view
The day is so bright and shiny. The tea tastes better than ever. The harmony at those rare moments at the Hyuga Compound is to be honored! He closes his eyes...As usual, scenes of his past life make their appearance. He has made peace with his life sometime now. Certain events , faces people, facts. All of them. He opens his eyes for an instant. Closes them again. He hears nothing but the sound of birds chirping happily and the river pond flowing calmly. Everything is silent…
Suddenly, as he has his eyes closed, and as he is walking the chambers of his mind-thoughts, a mirror stands in front of him. He sees a face. Is it a mirror? No, wait, it can't be!
Hizashi…
His brothers face is always constant on his life's memories. A big and fundamental part of them include his deceased twin brother. If someone asked him, no, he firmly believes his heart is shared: the one half is his and the other belonged and still belongs and will always belong to Hizashi. He never forgot his brother. He can't describe the guilt and loneliness he feels times to times…Why him? Why is his brother dead and he is there, it should be reversed. Of course, he learned with years of experience it is difficult to shake the opinions and beliefs of the Hyuga Elders and to go against his brother's determination , especially when family issues are involved. Yet again, he never did anything on purpose to provoke it. Any parent would do anything to save his child and that night he saved his almost kidnapped daughter. Had he not be the type of man that retires late at night to sleep, had he not heard some movements at Hinata's room, she would not even exist by now. And when he killed the man and took his daughter in his arms, he sensed the skies were laughing ironically in him. But that is off the topic, he wants to concentrate on his brother.
Their childhood, before Hizashi gets branded with the cursed seal, was so innocent. They were literally like the two sides of the same coin. He would never forget how his demeanor would be more calm than his brother's. And now that he thinks of it…while he was scared what people thought of him , he always had his brother by his side to give him courage…He never forgot that when he got lectured harshly by his father(that man needed some psychology lessons definitely!), Hizashi would sneak in the kitchen and then in his room and bring him the homemade chocolate cookies he so much loved and that cheered him up in an instant. And of course , after Hizashi got sealed, Hiashi knew that even though hierarchy was established between Branch And Main house, nothing changes his feelings of affections towards his brother and would spar with him just to make him forget. And he would even act so that he sometimes lost the spars in order to make his twin feel satisfied in any way he could.
His death ruined him.
He was ready to die and he was worried about leaving his daughter behind. He shouted at the elders, he even thought of disowning all of them from the Hyuga If he could. Who in the world brought up that scheme of Hizashi taking his place and pretending to be the dead head of the Hyuga that will be given off to the Cloud Village? And a big part of his was even broken when his father proposed the deal. That man's nerves! Hizashi's stepping on the front didn't make it things better. He thought that he himself made his brother's life miserable, guilt overflowed his mind then, he remembers it clearly. From that time on , years passed on quickly, senselessly. He never went to Hizashi's funeral, he just saw his dead body covered just for a fraction of seconds…And then, his mind opens the door of the most tattered moment of his life. The night his brother died, he broke the mask of the fearsome leader and burst out in silent tears. For he had lost everything, although he had more things to care.
As years passed by, he has come to appreciate his brother's gift and although he knows that this void his death created will never be really filled with , love and happiness in his life the late years have made it for the better.
Hinata and Hanabi are always by his side. And the other big part of his family, Neji, whom he has connected to Hizashi in more than one way, has tried to soften the bonds between the family.
He has gone to Hizashi's grave plenty of times now. He sits there quite a few minutes, hours even if he has free time. He knows his twin hears his silent thoughts. What does Hizashi think about him? Is he satisfied with how he has managed life? For how he treated Neji? And he knows….Hizashi's place as Neji's father will never be taken by Hiashi, but care and love and affection is the least he can offer to his nephew.
A wind blows and his hair flows by the open window. The silent breeze is so touching.
Memories…
He knows that without them he would be nothing.
Hizashi once told him that all we keep inside ourselves are the memories and we have to appreciate them, even if they are good or bad.
This house was filled both with laughter and tragedy. Although the latter has always been prominent, he will never forget how Hizashi would tell him jokes, how he entrusted secrets to him and even though their father had separated them due to the main and branch family, they would always be one. Hiashi himself had shared things to his twin, and the only time he had to use the cursed seal on him, he bitterly regretted it.
He wouldn't sleep for nights and he would question his own existence in the world.
Hizashi's face lingers in his mind a lot too often it seems. Maybe his absence triggers it. Maybe he thinks that sometimes life is unfair that his other half was taken from him.
But he vowed to himself to always be able to try and be more confident , more decisive and able to make little sacrifices when needed, for the ones he loves. One of them is the cursed seal's abolishment, a promise he has made to the memory of Hizashi. Whether he succeeds or not, he knows at least that he will try hard to succeed that.
A more intense breeze spaced him out of his thoughts. He slowly opened his eyes. He took in his surroundings.
Silence.
He got up from the floor and went towards the sliding door. He looked up at the sky. It reminded him of how his twin liked to watch the beautiful and alluring blue color, a trait his son inherited.
He then took the path that led to the grave of his twin. Maybe he will be happy to see him. Strangely enough, when the sky is grey and pouring, Hiashi feels moody. Instead, when like his own twin is on a bright mood up in the heaven, the Hyuga head feels lighter.
Because no matter what happened between these brothers, Hiashi will always find his place by his twin. And when he soul will ascend the heaven the rightful day, he knows that his missing piece will instantly be filled….
To a better place…..