A Moon's Lullaby
Disclaimer:
This fan fiction had been written for entertainment purposes only and without the intention of infringing upon any copyright. NARUTO and its characters are a creation of Masashi Kishimoto. The only thing I lay claim to is the plot.
Chapter 11: A White Lie
'Out of my life… I won't have to see him again… ever' It sounded good, to never have to worry about him taking away her kids. The solution to her problems was right in front of her. It what she had been asking for the last few days, so why couldn't she do it? Why couldn't she sign the scroll?
"W-what will happen to him?" she looked up at the Hokage and asked.
"I haven't decided yet but most likely he will be…punish and then sentence to death." Hinata gasped in horror and jumped from her sit. 'Punish…as in torture.'
"Hinata? What's wrong?" asked Tsunade and stood up. "Is he treating you? He can't hurt you now, Hinata. You are save form him."
Hinata started shaking her head. "He didn't… he isn't…"
"Don't worry Hinata you and your children will be save from him. He will never hurt you again. Just sign the scroll and he will be gone, forever." Tsunade said and pushed the scroll closer to her.
"No, I can't… h-how did you know that he..?" Hinata asked.
"Someone very close to me came and informed me. I had to make sure it was true so I personally compared his DNA to that of the twins and it matched perfectly." Tsunade said and took a sit again
"W-what did they do to him? Why is he…?" Hinata asked as she stepped closer to the desk.
"Don't to worry about that, Hinata. Just know that he will regret doing what he did to you…" Tsunade said "…now sing."
"I won't do it…" Hinata said softly and looked down to the floor.
"Don't you want that rapist to get what he deserves? Don't you hate him?" asked Tsunade not understanding. If it was her in that situation, she would want Sasuke to pay for what she did. She would want him to suffer like she had and more.
"I…It wasn't…no." said Hinata. She couldn't do it. She couldn't let whatever else they were going to do to Sasuke happen. And no, she didn't hate him. Not anymore. Maybe in the beginning she had but not anymore. Maybe if they had asked her two days ago, before he had talked to her, she would have sign.
Tsunade stood up and walked out the office. She said something to someone that Hinata could here and a minute later she enteree the office again. "I don't understand, Hinata. Why won't you sign?"
"H-he doesn't deserve it…" Hinata said softly
"How can he not deserve it? He raped you!" Tsunade said losing her temper. How could Hinata not want her assaulter to be charge, she didn't understand.
"It wasn't… It wasn't rape!" Hinata said as the door opened and two Anbu walked in with Sasuke. He was still blindfolded and his hands were tied behind his back.
"What?" asked Tsunade not believing what she had just heard.
"It wasn't rape." Hinata said more clearly this time and then notice the two Anbu with Sasuke.
"Leave us!" Tsunade order the two Anbu.
Hinata watched as they took the blindfold off and then left the office, leavening Sasuke in the middle of the room. Both his eyes had seals place on them preventing him from opening them.
"Then you lie to me?" Tsunade said seriously "Lying to the Hokage is a crime, Hinata."
"I didn't lie!" protested Hinata looking back at the Hokage. She hadn't lied. Not really. They had assumed she had been raped by the rogue ninjas. They had never asked her and she had never said anything.
"Then you're lying now." asked Tsunade suspiciously "Which is it?"
"N-neither… I didn't lie then and I am not lying now." Hinata answered bravely "I never said it was rape… everyone just assumed without asking me."
"Then why didn't you said anything?" asked Tsunade angrily. Hinata hadn't told them what had happen and in a way that was lying.
"I couldn't remember…I was confused!" she lied. Good thing Tsunade didn't have the Byakugan eyes or she would have seen her heart racing and known she was lying.
"And now you do?" Tsunade said still angry. She didn't believe what Hinata was saying. She was lying but why/? Why would she lie to save someone that had hurt her by taking advantage of her body
"Y-yes, after seeing him a few days ago." Hinata said
"I don't believe you. I see no reason for you to save him. Why? Why are doing this, Hinata?"
"I…I…It's just that..." She looked back at Sasuke. Her eyes moved over every open wound on his body. "I love him."
A silence fell between them. No one said anything for what seem like an eternity
"You love him…?" Lady Tsunade moved over the desk and placed her hands on Hinata's should. "Hinata, how can you love a criminal like him? It's just not logical. You – a caring and loving person by nature – loving a merciless criminal like him." She shook Hinata, trying to put some sense into her.
"His not like that! He is not merciless." Hinata pulled away from Tsunade and move to untie Sasuke's hands.
"He has killed hundreds of people! You don't love him. You don't even know him."
"I do love him" Hinata turn and wrap her arms around his waist.
Sasuke leaned down close to her ear. "Why…are you doing this?" He whispered in a labored voice tone.
"To save you…" she whispered back.
"He will never love you, Hinata. He is incapable of love." Tsunade said angrily. She didn't believe what Hinata was saying and she most certainly did understand why she was doing this.
"I…care about her" Sasuke whispered in a rough tone of voice.
Hinata's eyes widen at Sasuke statement. She pulled away from him and turned to look at the Hokage. Her eyes were narrowed in suspicion but she had a weird smiled that unsettle her. Whatever she had in mind couldn't be good. "Fine, if this is what you want."
Tsunade took the scroll and stuffed it back in her desk but before closing the drawer she took a different one out. She placed it on the desk. She made her way over to Sasuke and unsealed his eyes.
"Sing the scroll, both of you. Then you will be free to go." Tsunade said and sat back in her chair. She was sure that they wouldn't do it.
Sasuke and Hinata walked up to the desk and looked at the scroll. Their eyes widen and looked back at her in disbelieve. "Is something wrong?" she asked daring them to say something, daring them to oppose her. "This is what you have chosen, now sign." she leaned forward, her arms resting on the desk.
"T-this is a…" Hinata try to say but the words wouldn't come out."…marriage license." finished Sasuke
"I know. Now sign." she said seriously "…or do you want to sign the other scroll, Hinata." she asked, looking at Hinata and putting her on the spot.
Hinata shock her head, slowly she picked up the pen with a trembling hand. She managed to sign her name on the scroll and make it turn out somewhat clear. She handed the pen to Sasuke. Sasuke moved slowly and took the pen. He looked at Hinata, in his own way asking her if she really wanted to do this. She nodded, this was what she wanted. Sasuke bend over the desk and signed his name on the scroll.
Tsunade took out scroll and sign it herself, to approve it. "You know, Hinata, I should make you pay back all the money that you received over the last few years."
Hinata looked at her with wide eyes. She couldn't pay it all back. She didn't have that kind of money.
"But I won't" the Hokage said and stood up. "Well, only one more thing before you leave…"
The two looked at each other in confusion. "Congratulations, you are now Lord Sasuke and Lady Hinata of the Uchiha Clan." Sasuke and Hinata turned and exited the office.
Tsunade slammed her hand down on the desk. This wasn't how she wanted it to turn out. When she had place the second scroll in front of them she had been sure that Hinata wouldn't sign it and would confessed what Sasuke had done to her. It didn't even cross her mind that she would marry the Uchiha and set him free.
As they exited the tower, Hinata notice Sasuke breathing hard. She went to his side, wrapped an arm around his waist and placed his arm over her shoulder. Good thing she was tall or else she would have not been able to hold up his weight. "Lean on me. You look like you are about to fall over and pass out." she told in with a bit of humor in her voice. She really couldn't picture Sasuke passing out in front of her.
"No I don't…" he said but still he leaned on her because it was true. He didn't really have the energy to hold himself up.
"We should take you to the doctor." she said but he quickly shook his head. He didn't want to go to the hospital. All he needed was time to rest. Besides he doubted that they would even want to help him. He was after all, a traitor in the eyes of every villager here.
"Fine…" she said and they stared to walk home. She would have to send a note to Neji and see if he could watch the twins until tomorrow because for the rest of today she would have to take care of Sasuke. Being this close to him, she noticed that his temperature was a bit too high. It looked like he was coming down with a fever.
Chapter 11: A White Lie
'Out of my life… I won't have to see him again… ever' It sounded good, to never have to worry about him taking away her kids. The solution to her problems was right in front of her. It what she had been asking for the last few days, so why couldn't she do it? Why couldn't she sign the scroll?
"W-what will happen to him?" she looked up at the Hokage and asked.
"I haven't decided yet but most likely he will be…punish and then sentence to death." Hinata gasped in horror and jumped from her sit. 'Punish…as in torture.'
"Hinata? What's wrong?" asked Tsunade and stood up. "Is he treating you? He can't hurt you now, Hinata. You are save form him."
Hinata started shaking her head. "He didn't… he isn't…"
"Don't worry Hinata you and your children will be save from him. He will never hurt you again. Just sign the scroll and he will be gone, forever." Tsunade said and pushed the scroll closer to her.
"No, I can't… h-how did you know that he..?" Hinata asked.
"Someone very close to me came and informed me. I had to make sure it was true so I personally compared his DNA to that of the twins and it matched perfectly." Tsunade said and took a sit again
"W-what did they do to him? Why is he…?" Hinata asked as she stepped closer to the desk.
"Don't to worry about that, Hinata. Just know that he will regret doing what he did to you…" Tsunade said "…now sing."
"I won't do it…" Hinata said softly and looked down to the floor.
"Don't you want that rapist to get what he deserves? Don't you hate him?" asked Tsunade not understanding. If it was her in that situation, she would want Sasuke to pay for what she did. She would want him to suffer like she had and more.
"I…It wasn't…no." said Hinata. She couldn't do it. She couldn't let whatever else they were going to do to Sasuke happen. And no, she didn't hate him. Not anymore. Maybe in the beginning she had but not anymore. Maybe if they had asked her two days ago, before he had talked to her, she would have sign.
Tsunade stood up and walked out the office. She said something to someone that Hinata could here and a minute later she enteree the office again. "I don't understand, Hinata. Why won't you sign?"
"H-he doesn't deserve it…" Hinata said softly
"How can he not deserve it? He raped you!" Tsunade said losing her temper. How could Hinata not want her assaulter to be charge, she didn't understand.
"It wasn't… It wasn't rape!" Hinata said as the door opened and two Anbu walked in with Sasuke. He was still blindfolded and his hands were tied behind his back.
"What?" asked Tsunade not believing what she had just heard.
"It wasn't rape." Hinata said more clearly this time and then notice the two Anbu with Sasuke.
"Leave us!" Tsunade order the two Anbu.
Hinata watched as they took the blindfold off and then left the office, leavening Sasuke in the middle of the room. Both his eyes had seals place on them preventing him from opening them.
"Then you lie to me?" Tsunade said seriously "Lying to the Hokage is a crime, Hinata."
"I didn't lie!" protested Hinata looking back at the Hokage. She hadn't lied. Not really. They had assumed she had been raped by the rogue ninjas. They had never asked her and she had never said anything.
"Then you're lying now." asked Tsunade suspiciously "Which is it?"
"N-neither… I didn't lie then and I am not lying now." Hinata answered bravely "I never said it was rape… everyone just assumed without asking me."
"Then why didn't you said anything?" asked Tsunade angrily. Hinata hadn't told them what had happen and in a way that was lying.
"I couldn't remember…I was confused!" she lied. Good thing Tsunade didn't have the Byakugan eyes or she would have seen her heart racing and known she was lying.
"And now you do?" Tsunade said still angry. She didn't believe what Hinata was saying. She was lying but why/? Why would she lie to save someone that had hurt her by taking advantage of her body
"Y-yes, after seeing him a few days ago." Hinata said
"I don't believe you. I see no reason for you to save him. Why? Why are doing this, Hinata?"
"I…I…It's just that..." She looked back at Sasuke. Her eyes moved over every open wound on his body. "I love him."
A silence fell between them. No one said anything for what seem like an eternity
"You love him…?" Lady Tsunade moved over the desk and placed her hands on Hinata's should. "Hinata, how can you love a criminal like him? It's just not logical. You – a caring and loving person by nature – loving a merciless criminal like him." She shook Hinata, trying to put some sense into her.
"His not like that! He is not merciless." Hinata pulled away from Tsunade and move to untie Sasuke's hands.
"He has killed hundreds of people! You don't love him. You don't even know him."
"I do love him" Hinata turn and wrap her arms around his waist.
Sasuke leaned down close to her ear. "Why…are you doing this?" He whispered in a labored voice tone.
"To save you…" she whispered back.
"He will never love you, Hinata. He is incapable of love." Tsunade said angrily. She didn't believe what Hinata was saying and she most certainly did understand why she was doing this.
"I…care about her" Sasuke whispered in a rough tone of voice.
Hinata's eyes widen at Sasuke statement. She pulled away from him and turned to look at the Hokage. Her eyes were narrowed in suspicion but she had a weird smiled that unsettle her. Whatever she had in mind couldn't be good. "Fine, if this is what you want."
Tsunade took the scroll and stuffed it back in her desk but before closing the drawer she took a different one out. She placed it on the desk. She made her way over to Sasuke and unsealed his eyes.
"Sing the scroll, both of you. Then you will be free to go." Tsunade said and sat back in her chair. She was sure that they wouldn't do it.
Sasuke and Hinata walked up to the desk and looked at the scroll. Their eyes widen and looked back at her in disbelieve. "Is something wrong?" she asked daring them to say something, daring them to oppose her. "This is what you have chosen, now sign." she leaned forward, her arms resting on the desk.
"T-this is a…" Hinata try to say but the words wouldn't come out."…marriage license." finished Sasuke
"I know. Now sign." she said seriously "…or do you want to sign the other scroll, Hinata." she asked, looking at Hinata and putting her on the spot.
Hinata shock her head, slowly she picked up the pen with a trembling hand. She managed to sign her name on the scroll and make it turn out somewhat clear. She handed the pen to Sasuke. Sasuke moved slowly and took the pen. He looked at Hinata, in his own way asking her if she really wanted to do this. She nodded, this was what she wanted. Sasuke bend over the desk and signed his name on the scroll.
Tsunade took out scroll and sign it herself, to approve it. "You know, Hinata, I should make you pay back all the money that you received over the last few years."
Hinata looked at her with wide eyes. She couldn't pay it all back. She didn't have that kind of money.
"But I won't" the Hokage said and stood up. "Well, only one more thing before you leave…"
The two looked at each other in confusion. "Congratulations, you are now Lord Sasuke and Lady Hinata of the Uchiha Clan." Sasuke and Hinata turned and exited the office.
Tsunade slammed her hand down on the desk. This wasn't how she wanted it to turn out. When she had place the second scroll in front of them she had been sure that Hinata wouldn't sign it and would confessed what Sasuke had done to her. It didn't even cross her mind that she would marry the Uchiha and set him free.
As they exited the tower, Hinata notice Sasuke breathing hard. She went to his side, wrapped an arm around his waist and placed his arm over her shoulder. Good thing she was tall or else she would have not been able to hold up his weight. "Lean on me. You look like you are about to fall over and pass out." she told in with a bit of humor in her voice. She really couldn't picture Sasuke passing out in front of her.
"No I don't…" he said but still he leaned on her because it was true. He didn't really have the energy to hold himself up.
"We should take you to the doctor." she said but he quickly shook his head. He didn't want to go to the hospital. All he needed was time to rest. Besides he doubted that they would even want to help him. He was after all, a traitor in the eyes of every villager here.
"Fine…" she said and they stared to walk home. She would have to send a note to Neji and see if he could watch the twins until tomorrow because for the rest of today she would have to take care of Sasuke. Being this close to him, she noticed that his temperature was a bit too high. It looked like he was coming down with a fever.
