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Hinata- 17 Sasuke-18
Happenings
Recap:
He never noticed the human-sized, dog-figured shadow outside his window, sting on a tree branch. It smiled and bared sharp teeth. It's eyes swirled and flared, just as Hinata had described it. The thing licked its lip and disappeared in thin air.
Chapter 11- Let's Tell Tales
Sakura bolted up in bed. "Who's there? I know you're there! I heard you!" she screamed. Something in the shadows moved. Sakura jumped in fright. "W-wh-whatever you are, you'd better watch out! Because my Sasuke-kun will always protect me and he'll find you and kill you if I tell him about you!" Sakura yelled, rather timidly. She curled up as she heard creepy laughter. The laughter faded and Sakura knew whatever it was had gone away, leaving her perfectly unharmed and alone.
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"SASUKE-KUUUNNN!" Sakura screamed, running into his bedroom. It was empty. "Sasuke-kun! Where are you? Something was in my room! I know you're ready to help me anytime so please help me right now!" Sakura yelled at his empty bed. She turned around and was about to run out to the training grounds to find him. She bumped headlong into a Hyuuga. Two Hyuuga's to be exact. Hyuuga Neji and Hyuuga Hanabi.
"What are you doing here? And yelling at this time of day? Ugh, you're so irritating," Hanabi rolled her eyes and leaned against the wall next to Hinata's bedroom door. "Haruno, I suggest you should go…now," Neji said. "Where is my Sasuke-kun? He's supposed to live here," Sakura said pointing at Sasuke's empty room. "Oh that, he's sleeping with Hinata-sama I'd guess," Neji muttered. Hanabi yawned. "You're making such a ruckus, now go away," Hanabi ordered. "You're telling me to go away?" Sakura demanded furiously. 'Uh…let's see, yes," Hanabi retorted.
Neji sighed and shook his head a little. "Hanabi go wake Hinata-sama and Sasuke," Neji ordered. Hanabi shrugged and walked into the room, making sure that she opened the door wide enough for Sakura to see Sasuke hugging Hinata, then she slammed the door shut with a loud bang.
Sakura glared at Neji. "What is the she doing in a room with my Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked, angrily. "Why should you care?" Neji asked, rather bored. "Because he's mine," Sakura answered, eyes narrowed. Sasuke jerked the door open a crack. "Sasuke-kun! I'm so glad to see you. There was some creepy thing in my room this morning. I think it hiding in the shadow. It's so scary! Please help me," Sakura begged. Sasuke silently slid back into the room. "B-but S-Sasuke-kun," Sakura whined. Neji scoffed and disappeared into the room as well. He made sure he locked it.
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Sasuke plopped down on Hinata's bed next to Hanabi. "Hi," Hanabi greeted shortly. She then turned to Hinata, who was sitting next to her. "Do you like sleeping with him? You're doing it a lot lately. And I don't mean sleeping like bad stuff sleeping, I mean sleeping next to him," Hanabi asked. Hinata blushed and nodded. "Oh," Hanabi jumped off the bed. "Neji, is the Uchiha guy okay? Like is he violent?" Hanabi asked, totally ignoring the fact that Sasuke was indeed still in the room. Neji stared at Sasuke then shook his head. "He's alright. Not violent, no…not so far anyways. But we can't be sure," Neji answered, settling next to Hinata. There was a gap between Hinata and Sasuke, it was Hanabi's seat. Sasuke watched the girl pace the room. "When will you guys get married?" Hanabi asked facing them.
Sasuke stared out the window suddenly ignoring her. Hinata squirmed. Neji looked oddly nervous. "What?" Hanabi asked him innocently. "I told Hiashi-sama that they both agreed on having a wedding in two weeks," Neji muttered. Sasuke's eyes widened and he looked surprised, pissed, and happy. Hinata's head shot up as she stared at Neji with disbelief. Hanabi turned from one person to the other. "So…they didn't really agree on it …did they?" Hanabi nervously asked, smiling widely.
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"Wh-what Neji nii-san said w-wasn't really-" Hinata slumped in her seat as her father shook his head, meaning he wanted her to shut up. Sasuke glanced at Hinata. They were holding hands. 'Does she hate me enough to complain about marrying me?' Sasuke thought. "Uchiha, are you okay with the contract? Marrying Hinata in the next two weeks?" Hiashi asked, pulling Sasuke out of his trance. Sasuke nodded. He felt Hinata's small hand become limp. She tried to pull her small hand out of his grasp. He let her.
"I would like a grandchild when Hinata is 20, if you are fine with that," Hiashi searched Sasuke's face for his approval. Sasuke nodded. Hinata bit her bottom lip. 'How can men be so mean?' she thought bitterly. "Hinata do you agree with it?" She nodded, knowing it wouldn't matter what she thought. Sasuke tried to catch her eye but she turned her head the opposite direction on purpose. Sasuke sighed. "You both are dismissed," Hiashi said returning to some papers. Hinata stood up, bowed, and left. Sasuke did the same thing she did.
"Uchiha…make sure she's happy," Hiashi muttered as Sasuke was leaving the room. Sasuke stopped in his tracks for a second then nodded and left.
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Sasuke searched the entire house for Hinata but couldn't find her. Finally he found her in his room crying on his bed. "Are you okay?" he asked from the doorway. Hinata swung a pillow at his head. She then continued crying. Sasuke rubbed his head, picked up the fluffy pillow, and set it next to Hinata. "I'm sorry, I know you don't want to get married now. Especially to me," Sasuke murmured. Hinata looked at him with puffy red eyes. She shook her head.
"I don't want to marry at this age. I want to marry someone at an age I see as appropriate," Hinata mumbled. Sasuke nodded seeing her point. "At least he didn't say you had to get pregnant right away, or do you want to get pregnant right away?" Sasuke nudged her side. He heard her stifle a giggle. "Oh so now you're laughing?" Sasuke asked. He smirked and began tickling her. "Stop, stop," Hinata squealed. "I'm fine. Just a bit depressed though," Hinata murmured sitting up.
"This morning Sakura said that there was a guy or something hiding in the shadows of her room. I think it might be the thing following you," Sasuke thought for a second. "Why was it in Sakura's room?" Hinata asked, tilting her head. Sasuke shrugged and smirked. He leaned over and kissed her delicate lips. She blushed. "What was that for?" she asked. "For looking cute," he answered simply. Hinata looked confused in a cute way. "You look adorable when you tilt your head while you're confused." Sasuke felt a smile tug at his lips when she blushed.
"Back to the Sakura subject please," Hinata begged. "Yeah, okay," Sasuke muttered. 'I was having fun' his mind pouted. Hinata was staring out the window. "It's pretty outside," she murmured to herself. Sasuke gave her an odd stare. "Do you mind if I tell you a story?" he asked suddenly. She shook her head, "I don't mind."
"When I was young Itachi told me this story. I was frightened of it after I heard it so I asked mom if it was true. She said no then went to find Itachi so she could hit him for telling me a scary story at a young age." Sasuke smiled. "But you're 17, 10 years older than I was when I heard it. You should feel perfectly fine after I tell it to you," Sasuke smiled evilly.
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The story of the creepy thing that follows Hinata
"There was once a family who lived in my manor before anyone else did. Of course that's because they built the place. The Tsuchi family. They didn't exactly have a bloodline limit. They just had bright red eyes. The family consisted of a wife, husband, and two children. The eldest child was a girl at the age of ten. The younger one was a boy, 6 years old. The father wasn't really a skilled ninja. You see, he was like Orochimaru. He liked to experiment. He also had a nasty temper. His name was Rui. The wife, however, was very kindhearted, lovable, quiet, and pretty. Her name was Hana. The son was active, curious, and happy. The son was named Reiji. The daughter was quiet, pretty, kind, smart, and kept to herself. Her name was Miko.
The parents sent adventurous Reiji to school. Apparently they never sent quiet Miko to school. I think they feared she'd be lonely because they built her a small white cabin behind the manor. She'd stay there and have tea and play with her toys.
One day, her father needed a test subject. He needed something alive so he could try out a new jutsu. A jutsu he created. It was supposed to combine two living things. He was certain that after the two living things were combined it would still live.
(FMA anyone?)
Seeing as his wife and Reiji had gone on a sleep-over at their grandparent's place he decided to use his own daughter. Fortunately she was sitting in her small cabin. He wandered in and asked her if she would like to play with a wolf. It was probably between Akamaru's old size and his new size. Miko happily accepted; she loved animals. Even though she was 15 she was unaware of his intentions.
He brought her up to the attic room. It was the only room with a very small window that no on would bother to look at. Miko didn't think much about it. Besides it was also his laboratory. Because it let little light in no one could "steal" his inventions. He let her sit in a chair in the middle of the room. There was a wolf sitting there wagging its tail. She gleefully ran up to the dog and hugged it. He assumed that his jutsu wasn't permanent. So he had no worries.
He approached her from behind and muttered the jutsu. He saw her face when she turned around surprised. He could recall everything, her surprise, her expression, her fear. He tried to undo his jutsu but everything hit him like a rock. Worry overtook him as he realized that his assumption was incorrect. His daughter would stay like this forever. What scared him more however was that the chimera's body seemed to be dissolving into smoke. As though the bodies were made of air; that they were empty shells with nothing inside.
He watched, helplessly, as his daughter and the wolf's body began to slowly rot and then disappear. He watched the fear, anger, and surprise swirl in its eyes. One eye began to change colors. It was as if one eye belonged to his daughter. Bright red, friendly but scared. And the other side belonged to the wolf; Dark red, hungry with a murderous intent. Before the entire body faded away he heard it say in a hoarse whisper, 'I'll always be here."
He hid it from Hana. He told her that Miko went to play in the park and hasn't come home since. Hana was over worried and went to find her, but Rui rushed to suggest that maybe she'll come home later. Day after day he told his wife that until she became fed up. She sent people to search for Miko. The husband, caught or not, wouldn't risk his reputation. He created a clone of himself and put a henge on it so it'd look like his daughter.
When people found the fake dead body the wife grieved for days and eventually she wanted them to move 3 years later when Reiji was 15. Miko's death wasn't the only reason she wanted to move. Reiji said that he felt as though he were always being watched. He became uncomfortable and claimed that something wanted to eat him because he saw a pair of creepy sharp teeth in the dark shadows of his room. He said that two different colored red eyes were always staring at him, blazing with anger and sorrow. His father told him he was being stupid. Rui wasn't ever the same again. He never smiled and he was almost always locked in the attic room that also became his bedroom.
Instead Reiji told his mother that he'd seen the monster a few times. Twice in his bathroom while he was taking a shower he saw it smiling at him from across the room. It was blocking the door and had an animal shaped body, it was grinning at him and licking its lips. Another time he said while he was walking to school he saw it watching him from his upstairs window. This time taking the shape of a girl. Shortly after that his father committed suicide. No one knew why. Hana became a very sad person and brought her son to a small country so they could start their life all over again.
Many people who lived in the Uchiha house say that it's haunted. Of course no one knew of its past, but they all said they felt something watching them. I, myself, never felt like that though. Many people were scared out of their wits so they went right ahead and killed themselves. "
End of the scary story…(it sucked huh?)
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Hinata clutched Sasuke's shirt tightly. She was shivering. "That's…kind of sad," she murmured. Sasuke nodded. His throat felt dry from talking so much. "I-if no one knows o-of i-its past th-then how d-do you know?" Hinata stammered. Sasuke shrugged. 'Itachi went into the attic room, against mother and father's wishes. He found Rui's old journal under a loose floorboard and read it. He also found Reiji's journal in the hollow of a tree trunk in the backyard next to Miko's white cabin." Sasuke rubbed his eyes.
"B-but why w-would it be f-following me? A-and S-sakura?" Hinata asked timidly. Sasuke shrugged. "I don't know. How about we sleep and talk in the morning?" Sasuke asked. Still holding Hinata securely against his chest he let himself fall onto the fluffy bed. His back hit the blankets and Hinata's small fists, that had clamped his shirt tightly when they fell, loosened.
She let her head rest on his chest. She quietly listened to his breathing. "Sasuke-kun are you tired?" "Yes…can we sleep now or do you have more questions?" Sasuke asked, sleepily. Hinata smiled and dozed off hoping she wouldn't get any nightmares. Sasuke watched her sleep. Leaning over he placed a soft kiss on her forehead. 'Good Night," he murmured. Hinata smiled in her sleep.
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