The newest chapter! I hope y'all are ready!
Okay so, some of you have asked me whether or not i've got my brains on right.
The answer to that, is no.
However, I can see why you'd ask, considering the fact that Sakura DOES NOT, you heard me, DOES NOT, have a brother in the cannon!
So you ask me, why would you add in an OC?
My answer to that is, NOT TELLING YOU~!
Yet.
Honestly, the only reason why I even thought of adding an OC (that too, as Sakura(s) sibling), was because of an article I read. Apparently Kishimoto - sama, had originally thought of having Sakura have an elder sister, but decided not to, as he wanted the girl to be the only child type, (let us all admit it, while I do love Sakura, she was slightly a brat when she was a genin, (and yes, I know about the bullying, but i'm still saying that she was kind off of her rocker with the whole fangirl thing.)) Anyways, I decided that since this was my AU, then I would change it up to however, I saw it fit.
Sakura never really had much of a drive of being a shinobi (In the beginning), in fact, the only reason why she attended the Ninja Academy, was so that she could keep up and stay with Ino; a relationship she broke off, to fight for Sasuke(honestly!). Even after that, one of the only reasons Sakura trained under Tsunade, was so that she could keep up with Naruto (who was with Jirariya) and Sasuke (Who was with Orochimaru) and while I love her character, I wanted to give her a stronger drive to become a ninja.
That's where her brother will come in.
I won't say anymore, but for those of you, that are confused, I hope this clears things up for ya'.
The next question I received, is whether or not Hinata(s) mother was going to die. The answer to that...is known to me, but unknown to all of you, but believe me, the answer is sad. It's only for the change for Hinata, however.
Thank you to Ambermissrandom97, for your kind words! Seriously, it's amazing to hear that your stories are good and people are actually enjoying them! You are really, very kind~!
I'm so sorry that i'm late! My family and I went on a break and I rarely got any time to write! I managed to squeeze a few words in every day and viola! This chapter was made!
It's a Christmas gift(Let us say that...)!
Onwards we go~!
- Titania of Fairies.
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Emotions were clouding her mind, pain, sorrow, guilt.
Anger.
So much anger.
But let us not talk about that now.
It is important to start from the beginning.
After all, that was when everything was fine-
and then slowly, became hell.
She should've known, after all, it was inevitable.
...
...
"Remember Hinata," Hiashi muttered, as he and his daughter walked the dark halls of the compound, his footsteps silent, compared to hers. "You must be respectful and while Neji - sama and yourself are close to each other, you must be formal with him in front of the elders. Do you understand?"
"H - Hai O - Otou - san," The littler girl muttered, fiddling her thumbs together; her pretty silver yukata swishing at her feet.
She didn't like these fancy parties. In fact, she rather loathed them, considering the fact that it was all about the Elder giving snide remarks about how utterly incompetent she was, that were thinly coated with sugar.
Neji - sama was right, the elder really were critical idiots, although Hinata wouldn't dare say that out loud.
"Are you ready?" Her Tou - san asked, as he stood in front of the door, that led to the main ballroom.
Inhaling a deep breath, the young girl pushed back her shoulders and raised her head slightly-
"Hai!"
"Stay close."
Even though she knew that by the end of the night, it would be completely knocked down.
...
Hinata shrunk onto herself, as she stared at the quiet chaos around her. It was horrible, it hadn't been even ten minutes and yet, she had instantly regretted coming. Tou - san, had gone off, stating that there was something very important that he had to do; he seemed nervous, so Hinata - reluctantly - let him go. Usually, she would stay with her Kaa - san, however, Himana was six and a half months pregnant and her Tou - san didn't want his wife to tire herself out.
So she was left alone, to her own devices.
Well, she mused to herself, It's better than being the center of attenti-
"Psst." A voice called behind her, causing her to jump and turn, her lips pressed together in nervousness, as she did so.
When she noticed who it was, however, her face became relaxed and her mouth turned into a smile. "N - Neji - sama, happy b - birthday!"
"Thanks!" The young boy whispered back, his face splitting into a rather large grin. "I'm glad I found you! I've been searching forever, just to find out that you've been hiding here."
"G - Gomen..." The young girl muttered, blushing slightly. "T - the on - only r - reason I - I didn't l - look f - for you was b - because T - Tou - san t - told me t - that I - I hav - have to t - to be f - formal with y - you..."
"Ahh, ya. Tou - chan, told me about that," At this, Neji frowned, "Apparently 'cause i'm in the Main House and your in the Branch House. It's just like you said, there are a lot of differences between the two of them." The young boy pouted, before sulking. "I've got soooo much work to do..."
"L - Let u - us n - not talk a - about t - that n - now." Hinata interjected, feeling the atmosphere around the boy become depressed. "W - What d - did y - you r - receive f - for y - your b - birthday?"
"I got...hey, did you get me a present!?" The young boy exclaimed, staring at her in joy.
"O - Of c - course!" She giggled, before smiling. "B - But i - it's b - back i - in m - my r - room. T - Tou - san, w - wanted me t - to keep it th - here, s - so I d - don't l - lose it. I - I'll bring it t - to y - you a - at the e - end o - of the p - party."
Neji grinned, slightly, perking up from his previous gloom. "Alright! I can't wait to see it. Anyways, I got a stack of dung bombs from Kaa - chan, a set of new toy kunai, from Tou - chan, Hiashi - oji even sent me a present - although it was a book on chakra control. But my favorite present was Hima - oba(s). She baked me 64 whole cinnamon buns!"
At this Hinata(s) pink lips, turned into a hopeful smile. "D - Do y - you h - have an - anymore?"
"Well..." Neji started, before teasing her. "I'm not like you Hina, I can't eat 70 whole buns in under thirty minutes..."
"Do - on't b - bring t - that u - up! I - It o - only h - happened o - once!"
Neji grinned at the blushing young girl, before chuckling with mirth. "Come on Imouto. You know i'm just kiddin', besides I know you like them as well, that's why I saved some for you!"
"O - Oh! Ar - Arigato N - Neji - sama-"
"Neji - sama, Hinata."
Turning quickly, the young girl, looked up to see her Tou - san. His face was shadowed and was wary alongside of serious, while his knuckles were white, as they clenched together.
"Hiashi - oji," Neji cheered, unaware of the seriousness in his gaze and the confusion in Hinata(s). "What brings you here?"
Hiashi nodded, before speaking, his tone blank; "I am here to wish you a happy birthday Neji - sama. I hope that fate is kind towards you."
"Thank you," Neji said, falling into a formal bow, his mouth twitching from holding back a smile. "I wish you the same!"
Hiashi nodded, before turning to Hinata, his eyes grim. "Hinata," He started out, before hesitating "Come with me, Elder Hikaru - sama and Hizashi - sama, wish to speak with out."
Hinata froze, her eyes widening in fear, slowly, she clenched her fists before nodding. "H - Huh!?"
An elder? What did they want from her of all people?
Looking up into her Tou - sans, eyes, Hinata recalled the conversation they had, just last month.
"The Hyuga Clan, has many skeletons in its closets. Most, of which, is gruesome and deathly; in fact, many people don't live long enough to unearth all of it's secrets. However, there is one, which all Branch members have experienced. It is our fate to do so. I did it, and now, you will as well."
"Should I come too?" Neji asked, seeing the way that his cousin sister closed in on herself and off how stern his uncle had become.
"...No, that will not be necessary, Neji - sama." Hiashi said, after moment of pause, "Hinata shall be proficient enough. Come now, we must go."
He said enough with so much dread that Hinata clenched her fists harder, her palms becoming pale and sweaty.
Bowing towards her now, frowning, cousin, the young girl followed behind her tou - san; The sentence he had said months ago, echoing in her head.
Her Tou - san had did it once, he had learnt the family secret.
Now it was her turn.
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"Tell me Hyuga Hinata, do you know why you are here?" Elder Hikaru asked, as stood in front of her petite body, his face rigid and eyes blank.
The room was dark and musty, the walls were an odd shade of light gray and the floor was made of a different metallic substance. Not a single sound echoed off of the walls and the stone was cemented together, tightly.
So that nobody can hear me.
There were no windows, instead bars, laying on the side of the wall. There was not a single speck of light, that entered the room from an outside source. The only sign of it, was coming from the rusty old lantern, her tou - san, was holding.
So that nobody can see me.
The air was dense and putrid, a sort of heaviness lingering in it. It suffocated her, making it hard to breath. Or was that because she was hyperventilating? The door she had came in from, was made of metal, with multiple locks and a single chain running from each side. The bars created an X and the chain crossed over it.
So that I can't escape.
There was a podium in the front of the room. A shade of ugly brown, had washed over it and its size loomed over the young girl. Alongside of Hikaru - sama, two other men stood in front of her. Hizashi - sama and her Tou - san.
"Ī - Ie." She said instantly, hoping her worried face would conceal her inner thoughts. Really, it was a surprise she could speak at all, given the fact that her entire body was quivering in fear.
What was going on?
Turning her head, she looked into the eyes of both her tou - san(s) and Hizashi - sama(s). The elder of the two, looked down upon her sorrowfully, his eyes barely concealing the amount of guilt that poured from every inch of his body. Contrasting with his eyes, his face, which was usually full of smiles, was blank and unblinking; unnerving her very much so, as she had never seen that look on him.
Her father on the other hand was unreadable. His eyes were trained on her, but instead of meeting her own, they stared onto the top of her forehead, his mouth twisting into a grimace. Pain was a feature that was etched onto his very bones and it seemed almost as if he was in agony, as his wrinkles deepened. His own pale orbs flickered, from regret, to uncertainty, and finally resignation.
"Well," The elder started, his cold voice (one that was filled with disgust), only served to make the girl more nervous. "Today, what will be placed upon you, is something usually an five year old receives. Yet, considering the recent events, you shall be receiving it now."
Something was going to happen to her.
Something bad.
The silence continued onwards and Hinata wondered if she should've said something. Maybe a thank you, or a receiving phrase. Yet, with the look her tou - san, was giving her, the young girl decided to keep her mouth shut.
The elder sneered at her, before continuing. "Tell me, little Hinata. What do you think of this?"
"Enough, Hikaru," Hizashi - sama said, staring reproachfully at the man. "You are just pulling the process out."
"You're exactly right, Hizashi - sama, but wouldn't be better if our little Hinata was told what was going to happen to her?"
Hinata didn't like this, not one bit. She stared at her tou - san, her eyes hopeful and doe like. Get me out of here, please, she pleaded to him, softly.
Her tou - san seemed to be in anger, as his body begun to shake slightly softly. His hand trembled, as he gulped in his throat. Hinata had never seen him so off hook and all it did was cause her to become more and more, unsettled. His white eyes moved from her forehead towards her own lavender orbs.
Then, she noticed them.
The tears, the ones that were unfallen.
I'm sorry.
That was when she realized it.
Whatever was to happen, would happen, and her tou - san, her amazing tou - san, could do nothing to stop it.
After all, it was inevitable.
She closed her eyes before pulling back the tears that were threatening to escape her own eyes. Inhaling deeply, she opened her eyes and kneeled rigidly still. Whatever was to happen, she would face it in stride.
She had to.
After all, that was what Hyuga's did.
And yet she wasn't one of the-
"Today is the day that you meet your fate!"
Fate was never kind to her.
...
Pain. She could feel the pain.
It was tangible, pounding inside of the cages of her empty mind. Burning, jarring, stamping an inescapable pattern onto the very lengths of her flesh. Searing and eating away at the murky depths of her brain, stripping them of their comforting home. It caused her body to wither painfully on the floor, almost as if she were a snake. Her face was contorted as a madman and her screams echoed throughout the room, with her mind beyond escape.
Her skin seemed to be stripping off, leaving a scalding and yet numb sensation crawl down her body, her bones seeming to be scraped to the marrow, with a knife. The limbs of her arms and legs were uncontrollable, jutting out and squirming at all angles. They moved up and down, spasming in agony, hitting the cold stone ground in irregular thumps. Her saliva clogged in her throat, prohibiting the girl to breath in from her nose. Her lavender orbs screwed shut, and multiple, salty, tears rolled down, from her eyes.
Her pink lips, now cracked, opened and chocked, a multiple of sounds coming out of them. Wryly, a single thought entered her head.
So this, this was the difference, between Neji - sama and her.
After all, he would always come first.
Her screams echoed off of the wall, trapping her inside of the crevices of the tortured body, on the floor.
It was useless, however.
Nobody could hear her.
...
His cousin sister wasn't back, yet.
Hyuga Neji frowned, as he scanned the room once more, fighting her urge to activate his Byakugan. It had been over thirty minutes, since he had last saw any traces of his Tou - chan, his Oji - san, or his cousin sister; he even (it was only as a last case resort) checked the room for Hikaru - sama, even though he really didn't like his face (Hinata was his little sister, dammit! It didn't matter that they were from different houses; no matter what the stupid elder said).
It was official, his cousin sister, was gone.
The young boy sighed, before beginning to activate his Byakugan, when all of a sudden, a hand clapped onto his shoulder. Jumping, and suppressing a gasp, the young looked up before smiling softly, at his tou - chan(s) solemn face.
"Tou - chan! Where have you been!?"
"The elders wanted to talk with me," Hizashi said sternly. "It was about some clan troubles."
"Oh." Neji wrinkled his nose, "Uck! Are you done now?"
The clan head nodded, before giving his son a grim smile, his tone blank. "Yes, for now."
"Is Elder Hikaru - sama, done talking to Hina?" Neji asked, before furrowing his eyebrows in confusion, at his tou - chan(s), aura. "I haven't seen her since Hiashi - oji came and asked her to go with him. It surely can't have taken this long."
Hizashi paused, before he nodded, his eyes still emotionless. "Hinata - chan was feeling a bit under the weather, so Hiashi took her back to her room. She wanted me to tell you that she wishes you a happy birthday."
"Can I visit her? Is she okay? It's not that serious right?" Neji asked, worriedly.
"No...she will physically fine soon enough." Hizashi said, slowly.
Her mental state, however, was a whole other story.
At this, the young heir fumed. "She probably got sick at whatever Hikaru - sama, said!"
Hizashi sighed, his eyes slowly regaining feeling. "You shouldn't make accusations, Neji." Even though it was true.
Neji pouted, before rolling his eyes, his arms hanging down. "I know....but come on! The elders are always givin' Hina a hard time, I don't know why though."
"It's probably because she's friends with you, Neji." Hizashi offered, before smiling at his young son. "They think she's a threat."
The young boy balked at this, before frowning. "What!? Why!?
Well, if you and Hinata - chan get close enough, you might become arranged."
"Into what?" Neji asked, confused.
"A marriage," Hizashi replied, his mouth twisting up in mirth at his sons expression.
"What!? Eww...me and Hina, have to act like Kaa - chan and you? Yuck! She's my imouto." The young boy exclaimed, the piece of information only furthering the thought that the elders sucked, in his head.
"I know, don't worry. They'll end up not doing it, considering the fact that you both are a little too close, in blood."
"But why would that be something to be afraid off?" Neji asked, slightly curious.
"Well," Hizashi started, before smiling slightly. "That's not something that you need to be aware off, just now. Are you enjoying the party?"
"Oh, yes!" Neji replied, brightening up. "I got so many gifts, and everyone is really nice."
"They have to be, I would be concerned if they weren't." Hizashi said, before sparing his son grin. "What was your favorite gift?"
"Hmm," The young boy replied, before grinning. "I know, I really liked Hinata(s) gift!"
"But you didn't see it?" Hizashi replied, confused. His niece had left, before she could've given his son a gift.
Neji hummed, before smiling. "I know! But she'll give me the best gift ever! I just know it!...Are you sure I can't visit her?"
"Yes Neji."
"I wish she didn't have to go." His son whined softly.
At this, Hizashi sighed, before closing his eyes, guilt pouring out every bone in his body. "Me too, Neji, me too."
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I am a Truth,
The opposite of me is a bitter lie.
I thrive in the dark,
But people like the light.
They think I am bitter,
But I am needed in time.
They love YOU, as you show them what they want to see,
And all they do, is forget about little old me.
Until I come,
Creeping along.
And lift up the glasses, and cause them to fall.
Or rise.
It's there pick really,
But every choice, causes them to slip.
I am a Truth,
The opposite of me is a bitter a lie.
And only time will reveal,
What I have to hide.
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In which Hyuga Hinata, experiences the truth.
And it hurt more than she expected.
After all, the truth always hurt.
And the longer you hide it, the more it burns.
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Ciao! I hope you all liked that chapter~!
Merry Christmas and/or a Happy Holidays to all!
I wish your stockings to be full!
- Titania of Fairies
