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Ch. 2 Lonely
POV: Hinata's mom
The morning light was just coming up as I carried my little Hinata on my back. Neji was walking along side my right side with my sleeping little baby, Hanabi in his arms and my husband was walking along side my left.
I kissed my husband on the lips and smiled. I could see the worry in his eyes. I lightly touched his cheek and kissed him again.
"Don't worry honey. Everything will be fine, I promise," I told him with a smile. He nodded his head and patted Hinata on the head and kissed her forehead. I knelt down and kissed Neji's and Hanabi's forehead. "Be good Neji and watch after Hanabi for me."
Neji nodded his head and bowed to me. I smiled down at him and started walking out of the village. I waved back to my farewell party and jumped off. I've been jumping for about an hour when Hinata woke up.
"Mommy, where are we?" She asked. I turned my head and smiled at her.
"Were about two days away from the Sand village," I told her. Hinata smiled at me and nuzzled into the back of my neck. The journey was going quickly; we were now only a night away from the sand village. Hinata jumped off my back and went to gather some berries while I got the camp ready. She came back with a smile on her face and two handfuls of berries.
As the sun sank behind the trees and the moon hang high above us, I looked over to see Hinata was chasing fireflies. I smiled and went back to watching the stars. Hinata came giggling over to me and holding something in her hands.
"Look mommy! I caught a flashy bug!" She giggled. She sat down in my lap and opened her hands. One firefly sat in the middle of her small hand. I put my chin on top of her head and hugged her. She watched the firefly in the palm of her just giggling every so often. I could feel my eyes drift shut.
"Hey mommy. Why do flashy bugs glow?" She asked me. I hugged her closer to me and smiled.
"Fireflies glow because they know it makes others happy," I told her. Hinata looked up at me and then back to the firefly in her hand.
"Oh. Ok." She got out my lap being very careful not to hurt the firefly. She stood on her tip toes and reached her arms up way above her head and let the firefly go. Hinata looked at fly away with a content smile on her face.
"Hinata why did you let it go?" I asked her. She turned to me with a blush on her cheeks. She poked her two index fingers together and smiled.
"Well I didn't want to keep all that happiness to myself. I just thought that maybe someone else needed a smile more than me," she told me. She ran over to me and hugged me around my neck. "And besides that I got mommy to make me smile."
Tears came to my eyes as I held my little girl in my arms. One tear escaped and ran down my cheek. Hinata looked up at me and wiped away my tear. The light from the moon made her short dark hair glow and her smile seemed to glow as well.
"It's time to go to sleep Hinata," I smiled. I laid her down beside me and we both drifted into a good sleep.
Next morning-
POV: Hinata
Mommy and I woke up when the sun did. She got everything packed and I climbed onto her back. As the sun got higher and higher I could feel the air become drier. I leaned up and gently pulled on mommy's hair.
"Yes sweetheart?" She looked at me out of the corner of her beautiful eyes and smiled.
"What's the sand village like?" Mommy went silent for a few seconds, thinking I think. After what seemed like hours of quietness's she spoke.
"Well honey it's nothing like the leaf village," she told me.
"Really? Wow! I thought every place was like the leaf village. How is it different mommy?"
"Well the air is drier and there's not as much green land. But the most beautiful and rarest flowers bloom there," she told me softly.
"Really have you ever seen one?" I asked her.
"Seen what? One of those flowers? No but I would love to see one," she said.
"What does it look like?" I asked.
"The type of flower I want to see is a dark purple color. And its petal's are so delicate that even the smallest gust of wind can tear them off," she told me.
"Ok. Then it's settled as long as we're going to be in the sand village I'll get you that flower," I smiled. Mommy turned to look at me with a sad look on her face. "Mommy why do you look so sad?"
Mommy turned away from me and shook her head.
"It's nothing Hinata, don't worry about it," mommy told me. I nodded and went back to being quiet. I could myself become tired so I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
When I opened my eyes again I saw that I was staring up at a sand looking ceiling. I leaned up and saw that my mommy was seating in front of a desk with a mirror on it. Her long blue hair was in a pony tail like always but it was just a normal head band holding it back not her leaf head band.
She wasn't in her ninja clothing. She looked like a normal person. She was wearing long pants with a dark blue shirt. She turned to me with a smile on her face. She turned back to the desk and grabbed some clothes off of it.
She sat down beside me and gave me a hug. She placed the clothes on my lap. She stood up and walked to the door.
"Hinata you get dressed then you can go out and play. Okay?" Her voice was so sweet sounding. I smiled at her and nodded. She closed the door and I laid out my clothes. The navy blue shorts stopped at my knees and the bright purple shirt was really pretty. Finally I put my fluffy white coat back on.
When I opened the door I saw mommy was standing in front of a counter just looking at it. In the middle of the room was a small table, enough to fit three people. And there was another door that led to the bathroom because I could see a sink in it.
"Mommy. Can I go out and play?" I asked. She turned to me and nodded with a smile on her face. I walked over to her and pulled on her pant leg. She knelt down so she was on my eye level. I hugged her around the neck and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"I'll be back mommy," I smiled. I ran to the door beside the bathroom and opened it.
"Hinata," I heard mommy whisper. I turned to her with a smile.
"Yes mommy?"
"Be careful," she told me. I nodded and closed the door behind me. I walked down the dark hallway until I came to some stairs. I skipped down the stairs while holding on the wall. When I finally reached the bottom of the stairs all I saw was sand and buildings.
As I walked down the sandy sidewalk I heard some kids laughing. I followed the sound of laughter until I came to a play ground. I saw a bunch of kids playing tag. I sat down and watched them, until a girl with dark brown hair in a pony tail came over to me.
"You know you can play with us," she told me. I stood up and brushed myself off. She grabbed me by the hand pulled me over to her friends. "Oh by the way I'm Rin. Who are you?"
"I-I'm Hinata," I told her. I met her friends and played for a while. I had to sit out for a while to catch my breath when I saw a little boy sitting on the swings all by himself. His only friend was the teary bear he was holding.
'He looks so lonely.' I felt so sad for him. I stood up and started walking towards him, when I felt a strong hand pull on my arm. I looked back and saw Rin was tugging me the other way.
"What are you doing Hinata?" She whispered at me loudly.
"I'm going to say hi to that boy over there," I told her, while pointing to the boy.
"Are you stupid? That's Gaara of the sand! He's a monster!" I could feel myself become sadder for the little boy. I got out of Rin's grasp and started walking over to him.
"Hinata if you don't stop, I won't be your friend anymore!" I stopped to look at her then back to the little boy.
"Well then, bye bye," I told her. And I continued to walk towards him.
"If he kills you don't blame me!" Rin shouted. I just didn't listen to her. The little boy's back was to me but I could his dark red colored hair was full of sand. I reached up with a shaky hand to get some of the sand out of his hair when I was dragged to the ground.
I looked down and saw that sand was circled around my ankle. I could see a little trickle of blood run down my leg. I looked back up and saw that the boy was looking down at me. His eyes held so much sadness I didn't want to make him look any sadder so I started to giggle.
POV: Gaara
I looked down at the giggling girl.
"Wow. Gaara you can really hurt someone if you tried," she smiled. I told the sand to let her go and it did. She stood up and brushed herself off. She came around and grabbed the swing beside me and started to swing.
"What are you doing," I asked her.
"I'm swinging silly," she giggled. I held on to my bear tighter.
"I didn't mean that. I meant why are you over here? Talking to me?" She stopped swinging and looked at me.
"Because I thought that you could use a friend," she smiled. I could feel my cheeks become hot for some reason. She stood up from her swing and stood in front of me. She reached out her hand to me.
"Hi I'm Hinata," she told me. Hesitantly I reached out my hand and took her hand in mine. As soon as she knew I trusted her she pulled me from my swing and started pulling me away from the playground.
"W-where are we going?" She turned to me with a shy smile.
"Were going on a walk," Hinata told me. I gave her a small smile. Hinata started acting silly and making me laugh. We were about to turn a corner when a rock hit Hinata in the head. She knelt down and blood started coming out, she put her hand on it.
"Hinata! Who did this?" I screamed. I saw a group of villagers with more rocks in hand. I helped Hinata up and we ran. I could hear the villagers' right on our tails.
Out of nowhere Hinata dragged me to a building and took me up the stairs. She opened a door and closed it behind us. Hinata leaned against the door and gasped for air. I knelt down and put my hands on my knees.
"Oh Hinata! What happened?" I turned to see a very beautiful woman standing in the middle in front of a sink. She came over and kneeled in front of Hinata. She lifted Hinata's bangs and took a good look at the cut. The woman smiled at her and picked her up and sat her down at the table. She looked over at me with the same gentle smile.
"You're welcome to take a seat," the woman smiled. I nodded and sat down in the chair in front of Hinata. She smiled at me while the woman tended to her cut. After the woman was done she gave Hinata a kiss on the forehead near her cut.
"Oh mommy. This is Gaara, Gaara this is Mommy," Hinata smiled.
"Hello," I whispered. Hinata's mom ran a hand through my hair and smiled.
"Why hello Gaara it's nice to meet you," she told me softly. I could feel tears come to my eyes. I tried to wipe them away but they just kept falling down my face.
"What's wrong Gaara?" Hinata asked me. I opened my teary eyes to see Hinata and her mommy looking at me with worry.
"I…-hic- don't…h-have a mom," I cried. I don't know what happened next but I felt my sand make a barrier around me. I looked up and saw Hinata's mom pushing through the sand, her arms were getting cut but she didn't stop.
When she made it through the sand she reached out her arms and gave me a hug. I didn't know what to do so I stayed still. She looked at me with a smile. Hinata's mom was bleeding but she didn't seem to care. She picked me up like a baby and sat me in her lap. She rose her bleeding up to Hinata, waving her over.
Hinata jumped down from her chair. Her mom picked her up and sat Hinata down on her other leg. Hinata leaned into her mom and I did the same. Before I knew it I could feel my eyes become heavy. Hinata's mom picked us up and walked to the bedroom. She laid Hinata and I down and pulled the covers over us.
Hinata's mom kissed Hinata's forehead then mine. She turned on a little night light beside Hinata. She blew a kiss to both of us and closed the door behind her.
"Gaara?" I heard Hinata's small voice.
"Yes?" I asked. Hinata moved over and put her arm over me.
"My mommy can be yours too," She told me. I turned to my side and faced her.
"I would like that Hinata," I whispered to her with a shy smile. Hinata put her forehead against mine and sighed.
"Big brother Neji always did this when I was sad," she whispered. "Does this make you feel better Gaara?" I could feel myself relax for the first time in a while.
"Yes," I told her. Even though I couldn't go to sleep myself I felt like I was having a wonderful dream. Because through the whole I got to watch an angel sleep.
I hope that this chapter wasn't confusing to anyone. I have to say that I think this is one of the sweetest chapters I have ever written.
