Music of the Night
There is a madness that consumes every man. It twists the mind, it bends sights. It's an urge that forms under the surface and climbs its way up. It itches under the surface but you can see it behind the eyes of a person slow going mad. They can put on airs of falsehood but at the end the madness is still there, lingering, and waiting. Sasuke watched as the prince twisted and pulled on his restraints. He was getting worse. He watched silently as the prince yelled like he was in agony. He knew that he couldn't do anything to help him that the only thing he could do was watch and wait. Wait for his madness to reside back as soon as the sun went down. Wait till the mark on his stomach glowed brightly and he stopped struggling.
"LET ME OUT!" he roared at him. His blue eyes had change into a demonic black and red. His hair grew slightly as well but even in the state he was Sasuke knew that he was holding back the true demon. "I WILL KILL YOU!" he screamed as Sasuke watched with that cold look of his. He knew that if the prince got out he would try to kill him. He was well aware that he and the prince were evenly match in so many ways then one but in the end he held a card that prince didn't know about. The prince roared again as the very walls seem to shake. There was a knock on the door behind Sasuke.
"Is his highness unwell?" asked a worried voice behind the wood.
"Go back to your post." Ordered Sasuke as the prince looked over to the door.
"But…" said the man behind the door.
"Now!" yelled Sasuke but it was too late.
"Help me! He's trying to murder me!" Yelled the prince as the doors got pushed opened.
"You fool!" yelled Sasuke as orange tail flashed from beside him and grabbed onto the man that opened the door. Sasuke watched as the prince brought the panicking man to where he was chained on the floor.
"Release me!" ordered the prince as Sasuke looked at him.
"No." he answered him with the same cold look he had before.
"I will kill him if you don't release me." The prince hissed as he brought the man close to Sasuke's view point.
"You will kill him anyway if I release you." Answered Sasuke as the prince looked irritated.
"You would let a person die in order keep me chained here?"
"I never said anything about letting them die." He answered as his eyes became the color of blood. Three black comas began to spin as they merged. He started his hypnotic trance as the demon prince watched transfixed. Inside the prince's mind Sasuke saw the prince's true form. Taken back slightly by the massive form, Sasuke faltered slightly as the prince roared as it broke the illusion, but it was enough time to grab the man from the prince's grasp.
It appeared that it was also enough time for the prince to break his restraints. He was gone in a flash of orange and yellow. Sasuke cursed as he threw the sobbing man to the side as he chased after his master and prince. His eyes glowed a bright red as he clenched his teeth anger coursed through him as windows around him shattered. He could see the prince ahead of him as he ran striate for the woods behind the castle. If Sasuke wouldn't have let his anger cloud his judgment he would've recognized the path the demonized prince was taking.
It took Sasuke a few seconds to see that the prince was heading away from the main city. Slightly confused by this course of action he followed after the prince without saying a word. Before he knew it he was staring at the gates to the Hyuga compound. Alarmed Sasuke tried to grab the prince before it was too late but he slipped into the compound.
Sasuke got to the gates only to lose sight of the prince. He looked around quickly as if trying to think where his deranged prince went to when he caught his scent in the wind. He ran full speed as the scent took him to the place where his gut thought he might end up.
The tower
It was horribly dark inside the tower that night. There was no moon that night so the darkness was absolute. Even with her eyes opened she couldn't even see her own hand in front of her. She laid in the darkness wondering how long she could keep this sort of life when a noise caught her attention. She looked around frighten as the darkness seem endless. She strained her ears as she tried to look at everything around her.
There wasn't anything she could see as she took the noise to be a mouse in the darkness. She pushed her face on her flat pillow trying to block out the noise and the darkness. She curled into a ball as she pressed her hands to her ears. She hated the dark ever since she was small. Her mother would sing to her so that she wouldn't fear it but it was still there the dark emptiness reaching around her.
She hated the dark so much. She held back her tears as she tried to go to sleep but the hair on the back of neck was stating on its end. She opened her eyes once more and looked around, not that she could see much but it gave her a sense she was safe, something she wasn't feeling at the moment. The room almost felt smaller and colder if that was possible.
She sat up slightly frighten as she peered into the darkness. She looked around once more as her eyes saw something in the darkness. Piercing at her from the darkness she saw to bright red eyes looking at her. She opened her mouth to scream but instantly she found herself pinned to the bed with her mouth covered. In the darkness she could see those wild red eyes looking at her. The same wild eyes she had seen before. She felt the warmth of her body flee from her as she looked at him again. He was going to kill her. She could see it in those crazed eyes of his.
Her eyes watered at the realization. She was going to die alone in the utter darkness. The last thing she would ever see was those bright red eyes. She could feel tears running down her face as she looked at those red eyes among the darkness. She felt as he picked up his hand from her mouth. She gasped slightly as he growled softly. She tried to make herself as still as possible as he seemed to be sniffing her.
She tried to suppress her yell that was welding up her throat as he came really close to her neck. Was he going to eat her? She questioned as he gave a soft growl again. Before she knew it she felt his whole weight drop on top of her. Almost like a pet that had found its master, he curled up to her neck as he seems to be taking in her scent slowly. His arms wrapped around her waist as she tried not to move an inch.
She didn't understand what was happening she was at a total lost. One minute he looked like he was going to eat her and the next he's using her like a pillow. 'I suggest you sing to him.' a voice said in her head that she freaked out. 'Don't yell out or you'll startle him.' It warned her as she tried to keep her breathing down. 'sing to him so that he can fall asleep.' Hinata looked into the darkness trying to pinpoint the voice. 'I'm not in the room stop looking.' It answered her as she tried to control her panic.
She had an unknown demon on top of her and another demon in her head. How could things possibly get worse?
She just had to say.
As soon as she thought it she heard the growling, next to her ear. 'I suggest you sing.' The voice her head said again. His grip tighten around her waist as she tried to hold her breath and not scream. She could feel his nail starting to dig into her sides. She was so terrified she wanted to cry but she knew that if she did she would end up dead. She started to hum slightly as she felt his head move near her neck. She could see the glow of his eyes in the darkness as she got her courage to sing. She sang softly at first as he seemed to start falling asleep. She finished the song and just like before he was asleep.
Terrified that he would wake up again she looked into the darkness hoping that a miracle would happen. He shifted in his sleep and pulled her closer to him. Her heart was beating wildly as she felt his face nuzzle her neck. She felt goose bumps as he's face touch her sensitive neck. It was really not a place she wanted to be but something about the man laying next to her made her feel more alive, terrified yes but still alive. His breath fanned her neck as another set of goose bumps race through her system. She tried to calm down as she tried to sort out who the person on top of her was.
She had seen him only once in daylight but it was enough for her to know that who ever the man was he was important. Her family wouldn't just let anyone come into the compound. They had to be a major somebody in order for her stuck up family to let them through the great Hyuga gate. He was also handsome but she didn't want to think about that. She had to focus on the fact that he wanted to kill her again. Then there was that, why did he want to kill her but fall asleep to her singing?
It was a puzzle that just kept giving her headaches but no answers. She wanted to shake him away and demand answers from him but knew that she couldn't do that even in her wildest dreams. She was the weak Hyuga ex heiress she couldn't even string a sentence together without stuttering. If only somebody would tell her what the hell was going on she would be content, but even that was too much to ask since she was a prisoner in own home. She started to get lost in her own thoughts as a tug from the strange man on top of her brought her back to reality.
She had to find away to move away from him before he woke up and killed her. It was easier said then done as she noticed that half his body was on top of hers. His face was still buried on the side of her neck. She could hardly move without him waking up. She could yell out for Neji but by doing so she would wake him up so that was out of the question. She didn't know how to do the mind thingy that other demon did on her. As far as she knew it was a one way thing and she didn't have the ability to transfer her thought into another living soul. After thinking through her options she didn't have any option expect to wait for someone to find her or for the demon to kill her.
The two options set a fire inside of her that she wasn't aware of as she was looking into the darkness. A silly thought went in her head. Was this what it felt like to have the person you like with you? She squished the thought instantly. He wasn't someone she liked and he wasn't there because he fancied her. He was there to kill her of that she was sure of. 'At least they chose someone handsome.' her betraying mind thought. She was sure he was there to kill her but for odd reason she seems to be looking at his beauty then the brutality that he would most like unleash on her.
And yet her brain worked against her as she moved slightly and he didn't seem to mind. If anything he curled around her like a lost puppy seeking its mother's warmth. It was so strange to her. She had no doubt in her mind that he would kill her but now her mind was thinking that wasn't why he was there. If he wanted to kill her he could have done so when she was sleeping or countless other times. If there was even a grain of truth to that sentence then why was he there?
"That's I question I've been asking myself." Said the voice that she knew belong to the man with the mask. She looked around trying to find the source of the voice. "I don't know why he keeps coming back here so don't ask me silly questions." he answered her unspoken question. Finding her courage hidden away in the back of her throat she spoke out.
"Then answer me this, who are you people?" For a moment she got nothing. The stranger was silent as if weighing the options.
"I can't tell you that." He answered. That small flame inside her fanned out at his answer.
"Can't or you won't tell?" she questioned. It was so not like her to demand questions but this man had answers she wanted but was unwilling to give them to her.
"Take you pick." He told her as the answer irritated her.
"So you are telling me you can't tell me why a man sneaks into my room in the dead of night nor tell me who the said man is? What good are you then?" she questioned him in a even voice but it held malice and the man in the mask chuckle slightly.
"Lady Hinata, I got to say you've grown bold, from the timid little mouse you pretend to be. I see now why they had chosen you." He said confusing her as she felt the weight of the person on top her become less. "But take this as fair warning, sometime its best not to question things, just listen the answer will come to you." And with that said they were both gone. She was left alone again in the darkness. The words of the stranger echoed in her mind. The spark of curiously had been lit. She needed to know who the man was.
Two weeks later
"And this is the where I take tea every morning." Came Hanabi's voice. He didn't understand why the hell he was here again. Was it Sasuke's way of messing with him? Why must he come to this compound and court this emotionless child again. It was like he was courting Sasuke but in girl form. He made himself gag at the thought as Lady Hanabi raised an eyebrow at his odd behavior. She still looked down at him like he was beneath her. That no matter what title he took he would never be above her. He wondered what had happened to the girl the reports had said was the heir. The sweet elegant girl they described because Hanabi's was not even close to that. If anything she was close to an old crabby crone then sweet elegant lady. Hell, he's met more crabby crones with more charms then what Hanabi was showing.
They made their way around the gardens as Hanabi would talking about how the plants were imported from far away as a gleaming white tower loomed over the garden. His vision quickly got drawn to it. He had neglected asking Hanabi about the tower because it was none of his business and he doubt that she would tell the truth about it. Yet something about the tower today promoted him to ask.
"What's that?" he asked as he pointed at the tower lazily. Hanabi's eyes looked over to the tower. For a second they lingered there then she turned to walk down the path.
"A tower." She answered like he was the dumbest person alive.
"I'm quite aware what the structure is Lady Hanabi. My question is why it's in the middle of your garden?" She stopped as she turned her head slight at his direction.
"A person lives there." She answered.
"That person there?" he questioned as he pointed at Neji who was looking at them from a distance. Hanabi looked over to him with distaste in her face.
"No." she answered and continued to walk with him fallowing behind her. Yet his gaze still lingered at the tower. As if knowing he was around a voice carried in the wind. It was singing a slow song. The melody was hauntingly beautiful as it carried hints of sadness. It was like a lure had been thrown and he had been caught on the hook. He wanted to run over to the voice and hear it sing its sad song. He wanted to know why it was sad. He wanted to be there so badly that he deiced then and there that he would.
"Lady Hanabi where is you washroom?" he asked a she looked over to him like he was the biggest idiot ever but she pointed the way. She watched him walk over to the washroom.
The tower
Hinata looked around as she singed softly. She had been keeping her ear out of information. So far she found out Hanabi's husband to be was coming that day and everyone was losing their mind. Apparently they hadn't counted on the prince coming to visit them every now and then. They thought that the prince would only come once and never again but apparently the prince had other ideas. She sang softly as she continued to work on her sowing. Neji didn't seem to be hurt anymore so it seems like the family had forgotten all about her which gave her a low sinking feeling.
They weren't the greatest family but it was the only family she had. She sang softly as the tone of her song took a sadder note. What was she doing? She couldn't get out of the tower the only time she got to see the sun was when it came though the small window at the very top of the tower she couldn't reach with out having charka. Was this really living? Going day by day with the knowledge that every day was going to be exactly the same? For a moment the thought of it angered her. They are family yet they treat her like she is a criminal of the lowest standard.
She would've been the demon's prince bride, but even that they took from her. She hadn't been looking forward to the engagement to the prince but from what she has heard from the outside walls of the tower he come to visit Hanabi quite a bit. That means he wants to know her. Would he have taken that same route if it had been her, she wondered? She sighed as she put her sowing down. Why was she thinking this? It's not like the past can be changed. What is done is done. She knew that, but it didn't stop her from hoping. She laughed slightly at herself as she got to her feet. She looked over to the window at the top of the tower. She closed her eyes and imagined the sun rays on her face once again. It gave her a great feeling of hope as she closed her eyes and sang loudly to herself. She twirled slightly as she thought of day when her mother held her as they dance in the sunlight.
The memory was so distance and faded but she held to it like the most beautiful times of her life. If she was to be frank they were the most beautiful times of her life. When her farther wasn't so intent on power, when her house hold was kind and would smile at her. When being weak didn't matter, but then her mother died and it was like a death's grip came around her family and all they seem to care about was power. She got to the end of her song as she held the last note and brought her hand up as if reaching for the sun outside her tower.
"You sing quite beautifully." Started by the voice she took a step back and fell backwards. Before she hit the floor he was holding her in his arms with the most charming smile she had ever seen on anyone. Her face went bright red as he put her back to her feet again as he stepped back. "Please don't faint." He said to her as he held out his hands like he wasn't going to do anything. She could feel her face glowing bright red as her face felt warm. "I don't bite. I promise." He said with a smile from ear to ear. Her brain panicked as she remembers this man as the one that nearly ripped her head off not so long ago.
One moment he's growling and snarling the next he smiling at her like prince charming. Her brain was stemming over its self to find out what to say to the man that constantly has her life hanging in the balance. Seeing as she didn't say anything he thought to bring upon himself to talk. "I heard you sing from the garden, it's quite lovely." He commented as Hinata's blush seems to become permit. "Your name is lady Hinata correct?" he asked as she just looked at him dumbfound. Coming out of her daze she nodded yes. He smiled again with the heart stopping grin of his. "Do you mind singing for me?" he asked her as she looked at him like he was crazy. He smiled at her reaction. "Something about your singing seems to sooth me." He commented as he looked down.
Didn't she know it! The times she had seen him as an out of control animal he had fallen asleep to her singing, yet something about him asking her to sing made her throat tie up in knots. It seems worse then when he was growling at her. Then he broke her will when he said "Please, I just want to hear you sing." She nodded and looked to the ground because she knew that if she looked at him her voice wouldn't come to her. Trying to control her raging emotions she closed her eyes and said a small prayer in her mind. She didn't open her eyes as she imagined herself anywhere but there. She imagined herself in her mother's arms as she sang one of her favorite songs to him. Once or twice his image would slip into her mind making her open her eyes to see him watching her smiling at her.
And in that moment she noticed something she hadn't seen before. Above his left eyebrow was a mark, it was dim but she could see it then it disappeared. She shook the image out of her mind as she closed her eyes again to sing. She imagined being far away dancing under the sunlight once more. As she sang the last note she slowly opened her eyes to see him looking at her. He wasn't smiling like before but he wasn't frowning he was just looking at her. His gaze made her feel small. She wanted to hide but knew there was nowhere to hide.
"That was beautiful." He finally said. Before he could say more he jerked his head in direction to the window as if he had heard something. He looked back to her again. "I want to come again to hear you sing." He told her like she didn't have a choice in the matter. She looked at him blankly as he smiled at her again. "Besides I'm sure you don't get a lot of visitors." He joked as Hinata looked at him. He should be one to talk he's been in there far more times then anybody else in the Hyuga family.(besides Neji) He looked over to the window once more like something had gotten his attention, before she knew it he was at the window.
"Wait!" she yelled after him as he turned and looked at her. "Your name." she told him as he smiled at her.
"Naruto, Prince of the demon Tribe." He said as he jumped out the window.