Behind a smile

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CHAPTER 2: A child's birth and the Death of the Mother

1. Prison gates won't open up for me
On these hands and knees I'm crawlin'
Oh, I reach for you
Well I'm terrified of these four walls
These iron bars can't hold my soul in
All I need is you
Come please I'm callin'

As the storm became wilder, lightning showed its face between the dark clouds as if heaven was releasing its rage upon earth benief it.

While the cold rain dripping and sliding down the curves of smooth ivory skin the lone stranger remembers the time a piece of her died.

Flashback:

The screams of a new born could be herd through out the Hyuuga compound. The second daughter of the Head has been born at a midnight hour of the night.

A difficult birth, which could only contradict one thing, the strength and the inheritance of the Bykugan. Difficult births were common among the Hyuuga. The more difficult the birth was the stronger was the Bykugan inherited by the infant. There were some who died during the child birth along with the infant.

The mother exhausted and weakened dangerously was tended to immediately to stabilize her condition. As a rule it was crucial that the infant after its birth was immediately given to its mother as the baby learns its mothers smell and that is when the bond is formed, a theory depicted by the scientists. The midwives and maids fearing for their mistresses, Michiru's health took the new born child away as the mother was in no condition to hold or feed her infant. After the child was bathed and wrapped in warm blankets with the Hyuuga emblem on them the midwife came out of the room and handed the infant to her righteous father.

"Congratulations Hiashi-sama, you have a baby daughter"

After giving the midwife a silent nod of acknowledgement Hiashi looked down at his second daughter with an expressionless face. He brought a hand near her face and the infant grabbed one of his fingers. Even if his face didn't show it, his eyes did. They held acknowledgment. A small tug of a smile appeared on her father's handsome face. Feeling the grip he was pleased at the early strength of the child in his arms.

At the near by corner a five years old Hinata was watching as she observed the scene in front of her. Hinata come back from the garden where she prayed for her mother, after being frightened by her mother's loud screams of pain and ushered away by the maids to the Hyuuga gardens. She was happy to see her new born baby sister and having a sibling with whom she could play with but she couldn't help the feeling of slight tightening in her chest. She willed the feeling away as it tugged her heart with a foreign emotion she didn't understand yet. She has never received any form of affection from her father and it made her wonder if he looked down upon her with the same eyes as he did now when she was born. Instead she was treated as a foreign stranger, which wasn't welcomed. She couldn't comprehend or understand what she did to receive those cold eyes of the members of her family.

She always told her self that its ok, it's ok as long as her oka-sama was by her side and that she still had her dear friend, that it was ok.

On the next day it was apparent that the birth has badly reflected on the mother's state of health. As she already had a weak body, weakened by the birth of her first daughter 5 years prior, they feared she might not make it. The death of the mother after labor wasn't something unusual but not common at that in the Hyuuga house hold.

"Oka-sama!" Hinata shouted softly, worry in her small voice, while running to her mother's side that was holding the infant. Looking up from looking at her new born baby daughter Michiru gave Hinata a little warm hug and brought the baby closer to her for Hinata to see her sister.

"Hinata, this is your new baby sister, Hanabi" Hinata smiled a bright cheerful smile looking at her sister and was about to hold her hand before she stopped herself and looked at her mother who gave her a small nod giving her permission.

"Nice to meet you Hanabi onee-chan" said Hinata while holding Hanabis hand gently while Hanabi squeezed it and laughed sweetly.

"Would you like to hold her, Hinata?" asked Michiru and Hinata gave a small nod.

Michiru showed Hinata how to place her hands while holding a baby, that one must be supporting the babies head and neck while the other hold the body closely to yourself. Hinata looked down at her sister and felt warmth sip through and spread in her heart and butterflies in the pit of her stomach. Hanabi stared up at Hinata laughing while trying to reach for her face with her cute, pink, chubby baby hands.

"She's so kawaii Oka-sama"

The sweet sisterly moment was disturbed by loud uncontrollable coughing by Michiru.

The baby started hysterically crying. Hinata frightened, run out of the room with the baby in her arms shouting for help. Quickly the maids scattered into the room, one taking Hanabi out of Hinatas hands and taking her else where while Hinata shouted desperately for her mother and wanting to be by her side.

On the next day Hinata was let into the dimly lit room where her mother laid after Michiru requested to see her. Hinata hurriedly run to her mother's bed side.

"Oka-san are you alright?" Hinata asked a little shaking fearing her mothers answer.

Bringing up her hand Michiru gently caressed her daughter's cheek, Hinata gently brought her hands to where her mothers were and held it there not wanting to let go. Pressing her cheek and face into her mothers warm palm she softly started crying.

"Don't cry Hinata, you mustn't." Michiru whispered faintly while watching her sweet tiny daughter.

"B-b-but…" protested weakly.

"A woman in this clan has no luxury such as crying. You mustn't." Michiru not realizing as hot wet tears run down her cheeks as she realized the bitter truth to what she said and fearing what her daughter's future may hold.

"W-why? Why doesn't Otou-san c-come a-a-and see you? Nande?" cried Hinata.

Michiru thinks about Hiashi and remembers one of the servants being sent to her to inform her that Hiashi will not be able to visit her for awhile as he was busy with political matters concerning the clan and the village.

She knew it was a pile of bullshit and he was just avoiding seeing her. She humored herself that she should be used to it by now but the bitter truth left a stabbing pain in her chest. She tried countless of times but no matter what she said he won't believe her, her promises that nothing happened between them.

At the other end of the Main branch compound Hiashi was looking out of the window up into the starless pitch black sky, hands behind his back. Watching the moon in the middle of the night as his thoughts were straying to somewhere else, his mind screaming at him but his body refusing to go. An inner battle but he's pride wouldn't let him.

In the far corner of the table beside him, a letter laid untouched, unopened.

2. I'd hope that since we're here anyway
That we could end up saying
Things we've always needed to say
So we could end up staying

The feeling that engulfed her was overpowering, she hated it, she refused it to plague her mind, she willed it away but it would always haunt her despite her attempts she couldn't help the feeling of resentment, hate, unrequited love engulfing her and drowning her.

With her last memory on earth, while looking at her daughter she slowly closed her eyes as the light within them slowly faded, the voice of her daughter fading in the background as darkness engulfed her she herd a calm soothing voice chant to her:

'Forget the sorrow your soul bared in this life time,

rid of the hate, let go of your past,

you shall meet them again

but not yet…

its time to go…

its time'

Seeing this and feeling her mother's hand becoming heavy and cold Hinata panicked and shouted desperate pleas "Iiie, Oka-sama! Help! Onegai! Onegai don't leave me! Oka-saaaaaaan!!!" the pleading screams echoed down the halls of the Hyuuga compound.

A piece of her died that night and caused her fate's wheels to start turning and to mark her cursed paths.

3. The moonlight evening shows it's face, and the voices of the children disappear

Somewhere far far off in the sky, you're probably out there

Even if we can't be together, I will remember my memories

I want to go to where you are, I want to run off right now

I can't see anything in the pitch darkness

End of flashback.

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Iie – no

Hai – Yes

Onegai – please

Oka-san/Oka-sama – mother

Oto-san/Oto-sama – father

Onee-chan – sister

Kawaii – cute

Nande – Why

Ha lol a little japanese lesson there :D

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End of chapter 2!!! So what do you think??? Hope it wasn't too depressing even though it meant to be lol.

As for if u felt a little confused to whom the 'DEAR FRIEND' is, or who Michiru was talking about when she said 'nothing happened between them' will be reviled and explained in later chapters :D ; )

Song lyrics used in this chapter were:

1. Nickelback – Savin' me

2. Nickelback – Someday

3. Otuska Ai – Planetarium

Anywayz plz REVIEW!!!!! in Arnold Schwarzenegger accent Do it! Do it now!! Lol XD Im a crack head I know :D