The Murder in The Night
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I do own Shinju Aburame. I wish I owned Shino as well.
This is a short chapter and I apologize for that.
Hinata managed to sneak through the yard and into her bedroom window without waking up any of the clan members, Main and Branch, and most importantly, not her Father.
She glided in and landed on the wood floor with a small tap. Exhuasted, she collapsed in her bed, only to find she landed on a lump.
"Ah!" Apparently, Hinata had fallen on top of Hanabi's sleeping body. The seven year old squealed and jumped out, alarmed. Hinata activated her Byukagan.
"Ah! Hanabi-chan, w-what are y-you doing on my bed?" She asked, staring at the intruder, her veins pulsing from the Byukagan.
"Oi, I was wondering when you were coming in!" Hanabi replied eying her. "Father and Neji-san were worrying and I could only cover so much."
Hinata widened her eyes. "D-Do they…?"
Hanabi shook her head. "No, they don't. Anyways," She made her way to the door. "I got thirsty waiting so I'm going to get me a glass of milk. Night, sis." She skipped out.
"Sisters." She said under her breathe. Deactivating her Byukagan, and without bothering to change, she got into her bed, and instantly fell to sleep.
What seemed like hours later, Hinata heard a loud creak and immediately shot up, suddenly alarmed. Then, she relaxed. It was just Hanabi. She glanced at her clock and it told her it had been just twenty minutes. Still, she was a little concerned. After all, a glass of milk shouldn't take so long.
'She should've been in bed by now.' Hinata thought. Reactivating her Byukagan, she crept out of her bed and went next door to Hanabi's room. Her bed was empty and there was no sign of her anywhere in the room. Now, slightly more worried, walked around the hallways looking for Hanabi. Perhaps, she wasn't in the kitchen but roaming the hallways, snapping pictures of variety members, Main and Branch alike. That picture of Neji in the shower had to come from somewhere…
"H-Hanabi?" She called out softly. "Where are you?"
After a few minutes of hopeless looking around, Hinata decided to go downstairs to the kitchen. She silently made her way there and heard a step from downstairs, as though somebody was walking slowly in the kitchen. Hinata smiled.
"Hanabi." She said to herself, relieved.
At the top of the stairs, not even making one step down, Hinata heard an ear piercing scream and a glass shattering.
Shino slept, still bound to the chair. It was very rocky as he had tipped over the chair and his feet were launched up, his torso against the back of the chair on the ground. His sunglasses were at the edge of the desk, shining. It was very uncomfortable and he couldn't get over his insects constant hissing and complaining. How he prayed something or somebody would come and save him.
He had thought of sending his bugs to Shibi, his Father he had not seen since forever, but he knew Shinju had probably gotten to him by now.
Screaming like an idiot was no good as he had tried (he was getting desperate) but nothing and nobody came. It just seemed like an echo.
But after lying there for a few hours in the dark and getting some sleep, he felt a nudge and a tap on his shoulders.
Shino woke up from his rocky slumber and blinked a few times to get his vision clear. In fact, he blinked many times at what he saw before him.
"Are you alright, Shino?"
Standing in front of him was no other than Uchiha Obito, staring at him from under his goggles. If it weren't for the fact that Obito was dead, it wouldn't seem so nerve-wracking.
Shino's mouth fell open, his bugs falling still. If he wasn't already tied up to the chair and lying on the floor, he might've fainted.
Hinata jumped. That scream…it wasn't Hanabi's but it did come from the kitchen. It couldn't be good. Her eyes widened in fear and in the corners of her Byukagan, her Father, Neji, and various Main and Branch House members running from their respected wings.
"Hinata, where's Hanabi?" Her Father asked, his normally demanding face replaced with one of concern as the rest of the members scattered down the stairs. Neji stopped and looked at her, paling.
"I…I d-don't know." She stuttered, her eyes watering. She should've gone with Hanabi so she wouldn't have to go by herself in the dark. What a bad thing for an older sister to do.
"Lord Hiashi, come quick!" A Main House member yelled from downstairs in the kitchen.
Her Father quickly went down the steps, not looking back. Neji came closer to her, his face chalk like.
"Hinata," His voice was stiff and stale like his face. "Where were you?"
He knew. "N-Nowhere, niisan. I've been s-sleeping-,"
"No you weren't!" Neji said, his eyes narrowing. "Hanabi can fool your Father all she wants but she won't get past the Hyuuga Neji."
"NO!" Came a loud cry they both recognized as Lord Hiashi's. Hinata closed her eyes. She should've gone to the kitchen with her. Father will be furious at her.
Neji and Hinata looked at each other before running frantically down the stairway and rushed into the kitchen only to stop dead in their tracks.
Neji's body shook, his eyes blinking rapidly and his mouth falling open. His hands formed into fists and his face was a mix of anger, sadness, and hopelessness. He was blinking rapidly, his jaw twitching. In the corner of his eyes, salty tears formed and he was breathing heavily. He hadn't cried since the death of his own Father, Hizashi.
It had to take a whole lot and I mean a whole lot to make Neji cry. For his cousin, Hinata, there weren't enough words in the world to describe how she was feeling at the moment. She stood there, frozen to the spot, her eyes glued to the gruesome scene in front of her. Tears came falling out of her eyes and she fell to the floor while doing so, her cousin putting an arm around her in equal distress. She couldn't tear her eyes away, even though she so badly wanted to.
In front of them, amongst the many Hyuuga family members, Lord Hiashi sat down on the floor of the kitchen, the body of a young girl lying lifeless in his arms. Her white eyes were close and appeared to be in a struggle in her last moments. A bloody kunai covered in a purple substance lied a few feet away near a small puddle of blood. Pieces of a broken glass from a cup was also at the scene.
He was shaking badly and holding the girl tightly. Losing a daughter was never easy.
"How…Who?" He mumbled gravely, caressing the girl's cheek.
Lord Hiashi, his eyes wettening for the first time in forever, sat there with the dead body of his beloved daughter, Hyuuga Hanabi.
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