Twisted Yet Still Pure
Hiya! This chapter will be the last one you get in quite a while (unless I become a ninja in writing and get another chapter done), since I'm off to Sweden for two weeks! I leave on Saturday. Enjoy, beautiful people! xXx
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Chapter 11
Previously…
Her little sister of only two years… was flung through the air, little face contorted in pain. Hinata felt sick, her dinner was coming back in her mouth. This… was so wrong… and Hiashi was smiling… was that what it had looked like when she had been training with her 'father'? Hinata's mind couldn't take it anymore, her dinner ended up on the floor in a pile of yellowish mush.
She didn't even feel better, she felt worse. Her mouth tasted of sick, the air smelt of vomit and blood, and even though her Byakugan had de-activated when she had threw up, the horrific images of her sisters 'training' haunted her mind.
She couldn't let this happen. He… had to be put away. Before he destroyed her sisters mind like her had scarred hers.
In fear, disgust and determination the girl set off to find the leader of the village. Hiashi had gone too far.
She didn't even bother to announce her arrival to the receptionist, nor did she bother to knock on the Hokage's door. She burst in, uncaring of her appearance.
She had to save the one Hyuga who wasn't prejudiced against her… before it was too late.
Now…
The leader of the village sat, pipe in his withered mouth, staring in what seemed like shock at Hinata. Slowly, as if time itself were halted, the smoking pipe fell from his wizened lips and landed with a loud clatter on the desk.
The sound startled Hinata and the Hokage, who seemed to gather himself once again.
"Hinata-chan… It would be lovely to see you… but I gather the circumstances under which you visit me are not pleasant. By Kami-sama, who did this to you?" the Hokage asked, giving off a chilling vibe.
Hinata clenched her teeth as the old man in front of her unleashed Killing Intent… hopefully not meant for her. "I-If you mean t-the b-blood s-sir… t-the teacher's a-are dealing with… them." Hinata hoped. If Akane was still in school after what she had done… Konoha must be truly desperate to let a threat like her linger and grow like a tumour inside shinobi ranks. "I-I am not h-here for my-myself Hokage-sama…"
"It's Jiji-san to you… Go on, child." The man reminded, but Hinata barely heard him. She had to tell him now… her sister was still… with that monster.
"Jiji-sama… please… I need… to put Hiashi away!" Hinata shouted, tears threatening to spill over her eyes. She pushed them back with willpower, before going on. "H-Hiashi… is t-training with my sister… like he h-had trained me… only worse!" Images of her little sister, beaten and bruised, tortured her mind. No words could describe the sickness Hinata felt. Salty tears leaked from her pale eyes, and in her desperation, Hinata got onto her knees. "Jiji… P-please! H-help me p-put him away!"
The Hokage's rage increased further looking at the beautiful little kunochi in training breaking down in front of him. Whatever Hiashi has done… whatever Hinata has seen… must have been truly terrible for her to break down like this… she barely shed a tear when she told me about her life… I will make Hiashi pay… On my title of Hokage, I will make him pay!
Hinata trembled in fear as the Killing Intent rose to a new intensity. Although Hinata spent a huge amount of time near Killing Intents of varied strengths and meanings… the one radiating from the Hokage was the worst by far. She felt as if she were dying… suffocating by the sheer fury in the air.
Hinata eyes clashed with the steely, brown ones of the village leader… and the deathly atmosphere dissipated. Hinata took in breaths of air gratefully; fear had made her forget to breathe.
"I'm sorry, Hinata-chan…" the words registered in her mind… and Hinata let out a muffled scream. NO! T-There has to b-be SOMETHING! HE CAN'T GET AWAY! Unknowingly, Hinata unleashed her emotions into the air around her, making the Hokage himself check his actions. He had only apologised because of his anger… but Hinata must have taken it the wrong way. The screams and sobs of the girl in front of her were no temper tantrum… they were true, and had real power and meaning behind them. But soon, Hinata unleashed more than just raw emotion. Her chakra was starting to leak out of her body, Sarutobi could see it. It was twirling and lashing around her in deadly blue spikes. Anything the tendrils touched seemed to lose solidity and become a puddle on whatever object it was placed on. This had gone far beyond a loss of emotions… The girl was losing herself to pain. Everything she had experienced in her short life… all the hardships… the hurt… it had finally broke her mind.
S-she can't! I-It can't be! She… her chakra! Th-that type! It doesn't exist anymore! The Hokage thought to himself as the twirling energy arms destroyed his office even further. He had to stop this before she turned the building into liquid and herself into an emotional wreck.
With practiced yet waning speed, the Hokage dashed to the distraught girl, nimbly avoiding the deadly chakra whips that thrashed around her. The Hokage sent chakra to his finger and jabbed her neck, causing the girl to fall unconscious.
The old man couldn't help but sigh in relief as the chakra tendrils dispersed. He looked down with pitying eyes at the small, tear-streaked form of the sleeping girl.
He would help her and her sister… but he had to make sure her mind was stable first.
Making the handsigns, the Hokage Transported to the hospital with Hinata in tow before getting her a comfortable bed to sleep in. Kami knows, she needed rest. Unfortunately, Inoichi going through her mind wouldn't give her that, but it was for her sister's sake.
Performing yet more handsigns, the man summoned Inoichi, and carefully explained the situation at hand. The blonde shinobi had leaked out some Killing Intent of his own, and somewhere in the Hyuga house, Hiashi shivered. He knew someone was going to come for him.
"Hokage-sama… I am ready to inspect her mind now. I will try and make it quick." Inoichi informed, getting his chakra ready.
"Do it." Konoha's leader ordered, and Inoichi infiltrated the mind of the worn out girl.
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Inoichi found himself inside Hinata's mindscape. There was no denying that it was beautiful.
Underneath his feet was a giant lake of silvery purple water, which represented Hinata's chakra. It rippled like silk when he touched it, signifying she had great chakra control. People who were bad at chakra control sometimes had unstable or potentially dangerous mindscapes since chakra governed the body.
The 'sky' was a delicate grey overall, signifying the proportion of good memories to bad ones. A mind filled with bad memories would be a murky, dark colour, or even black, and a mind remembering happy, stimulating memories would be a brilliant, shining colour. To see that Hinata's was grey was a disappointment, but Inoichi knew that it could be a lot worse, the fact that Hinata had a way of… seeing the good in things made this mindscape a little more bearable.
One brilliant orb of pure gold hung in the sky, and next to it was a black moon. The two cosmic objects represented Hinata's good memories, and Hinata's darker experiences. Inoichi noticed that the black moon was bigger than the 'sun'.
Before going over to Hinata's darker memories (the black moon) he took a look at what was underneath the purple-silver sea that was Hinata's chakra. The most protected secrets and powers were always underneath the chakra itself, and the more powerful a person, the harder it was to dive beneath the surface of the chakra.
Underneath the surface of the chakra sea, objects floated about, representing different memories and abilities.
Inoichi could see glittering pebbles drifting peacefully around, along with the symbol for life, the Yin-Yang. Herbs and different flowers floated peacefully nearer the top of the chakra lake, and that signified it was one of her lesser secrets, along with a couple of scrolls and various title-less books. Kunai and shuriken were scattered amongst the metallic purple depths, and over one kunai crimson wisps of what seemed to be blood fluttering around the blade. But the object that made Inoichi uneasy was the spinal column swimming through the sea of chakra, and surrounding it were silver pulses of something. It was very deep down, so much so that if it weren't for the silver pulses surrounding the bone, Inoichi would have never had found it.
Inoichi sensed there was a lot more down there, her most protected secrets. But respect for the girl's privacy outweighed his curiosity, so he just drifted over to the black moon. A sense of cold dread overtook his body and when he touched the black orb; despair, grief and a feeling of sickness coursed through his body.
Quickly, Inoichi withdrew his hand and gasped, the sound echoing endlessly.
Inoichi had never experienced anything like that before… usually, when going through the darker aspects of someone's mind, Inoichi would feel nothing. But, in extremely rare cases, the interrogator (namely Inoichi) would feel everything in the memories because they were so strong, or because there were so many of them.
Inoichi groaned and dipped his hand into the blackness again. The feeling of dread filled him again, but he didn't pull out. He endured the feelings until finally, the setting changed.
He was standing in a training room, and two figures were in there with him. Since it was a memory, they could see nor hear him. The figures were of Hiashi Hyuga and little 2 year old Hinata Hyuga. Excitement coursed through his body, and Inoichi knew that was what Hinata had been feeling at the time.
"Hinata, today you will begin your training to become Clan Leader. First, get into this stance." Hiashi slipped into the strong, stone-like stance of the Gentle Fist. Hinata mirrored him, but there were a few mistakes. Nothing to be too upset about.
He was wrong, as Hiashi began berating his daughter about her stance. When she had corrected it, the first hit came. Inoichi was shocked to hear a scream coming from the small girl; she had been hit with such force.
Hinata lay there, crumpled on the floor. Inoichi felt confused, and his chest hurt badly, like Hinata's did. The blonde intruder gritted his teeth; it looked like he would have to go through pain and emotion to find out if Hinata was stable.
"Rule number one, do not make a sound. Even in agony, you must be silent. Show no weakness! Again!" to Inoichi's disgust, he saw Hiashi smile as the trembling, aching form of Hinata rose to her feet and got into a clumsy stance.
Hiashi corrected her stance again, insulting her as he did so. Then, he hit her again. She screamed again, so Hiashi ordered her up.
It went on… forever. Inoichi couldn't help grunt and groan in pain himself as Hinata was beaten in front of him. Eventually, Hinata fainted out of pain, but Inoichi was able to hang on to see what Hiashi did.
"Pathetic… it looks like she'll have to go through more conditioning…" Hiashi smiled cruelly at the bruised, unconscious form of his daughter, making Inoichi gag. That bastard! How sick is he!
The scene changed again, it was at dinner. Hiashi was teaching Hinata how dine properly, but every time she made a mistake, Hiashi mocked and degraded her. At the end, Hinata was a stuttering, crying mess. Anyone would be after being treated like that from their own father.
Another scene. Short, but emotionally scarring. Hiashi was screaming at her for stuttering, which in turn made the little Hyuga more nervous, more prone to stuttering.
The flashbacks went on and on and on, most of them were about 'training'. 'Training' it seemed, consisted of being beaten until Hinata couldn't move anymore, and at the same time, she was scolded, insulted and mocked at by Hiashi. Inoichi felt every word, every insult, every bruise and every breakage of Hinata's bones. Soon, he was crying on the floor too, helplessly, shamelessly. It went on and on, the pain intensified because Hinata was only a small child and every cut seemed like a stab to her, every insult seemed like the end of the world.
More scenes played out. Hinata being ignored by her family. Hinata locked up in her room, crying. Hinata looking out into the garden wistfully, watching as the other Main Branch children play happily. Hinata had been grounded… because she was deemed 'weak' from her father.
It didn't stop, in fact, Inoichi had experienced two years worth of bad memories, because every day, there was another tragedy in her life.
Another training session morphed in front of his eyes, and Inoichi screamed aloud. These training sessions… they were beyond brutal. Hell couldn't compare, she was only a toddler.
The harsh training session began as usual, Hinata being beaten and then being expected to get back up again. She was covered in bruises and cuts, and Inoichi felt each one of them. Then, after some more insults, Hiashi seemed to snap. He began beating Hinata furiously whilst she was on the ground defenceless, screaming and shouting slanderous things at her.
"You are not my daughter! My children would never be pathetic or weak like you. I try, I try so hard to beat some skill into you, but I get no effort and no progress in return. And it is YOUR FAULT!" Hiashi screamed, blinded by his rage. He charged at his daughters cowering frame, his palm spiked with deadly chakra. His hand was about to strike her heart-
And then, Inoichi felt himself being dragged mercilessly out of the memory, through the blackness of emotion back to Hinata's mindscape. It wasn't a second before he actually got thrown out of Hinata's mindscape. He had no control; it seemed Hinata had begun fighting him. He wouldn't push, truth be told, he was too exhausted from feeling everything in those memories to even-
The real world span around Inoichi, he didn't have time to finish his own thought before he collapsed onto the floor. He felt empty, defeated, but there was no pain. Well, he felt heavy from chakra-depletion, but that was it.
It took a full half hour to recover, which shocked Sarutobi to the core. Inoichi was a fully fledged shinobi, used to seeing… them kind of images… Unless…
No… he didn't… feel it? If he did, her mind must be in ruin… Only Ibiki… even then, Ibiki and his interrogator had needed therapy… Hinata-chan… what has happened to you? The Hokage wondered, stroking the velvet soft cheek of the sweating girl gently. Her eyelids fluttered open and a gasp fell from the pink lips.
"J-Jiji… I-I had a nightmare… Hiashi-"Hinata's hand flew to her mouth. Pale eyes widened, and then something like a smile formed on the girls face. "Jiji… you c-can arrest Hiashi-san…" Hinata closed her eyes in happiness; her sister was going to be safe from that monster of a man very soon.
"Hinata-chan…" the Hokage muttered, looking from the tortured expression of Inoichi to the glowing face of Hinata.
"H-Hokage-s-sama…" Inoichi mumbled, getting up off the floor. Hinata's eyes shot open once more.
"Inoichi-sama!" Hinata greeted, but then her face dropped at his expression. "A-are you okay?"
"Hinata-chan… How?" Hinata looked confused. "How did you live with that man…? Hiashi… how did you… not go insane?"
The girl's breathing spiked. He… had been through her memories… P-please say… he doesn't k-know about… the Mongeese… Wait… was that why… I had the nightmares? H-he was going t-through my memories?
"Inoichi-san, report." The Hokage commanded. He couldn't wait for answers anymore; he had to know whether this child was okay.
"H-Hokage-sama… It was…" Inoichi swallowed heavily. "Like Hell. Hiashi…" Killing Intent flared from Inoichi. "He beat Hinata viciously every day, insulted her, ignored her… and called it training… I… can't describe what she has been through. But… Her mind is very stable… I got thrown out because Hinata threw me out."
"Beaten?" the old man asked, whilst Hinata started to curl up in a ball on the bed.
"Yes… It wasn't training Hokage-sama. It was child-abuse of the worst kind. And I felt it all." Inoichi stated in monotone, before gagging. "The sick monster smiled about it too." Inoichi couldn't contain himself any longer; he threw up into the bin beside Hinata's bed.
Not even the sound of vomiting could make Hinata raise her head. She was feeling sick herself; had it really been like that? She had seen the memories/nightmares from a spectator's point of view… and it had sickened her. It still did sicken her, but she had nothing to vomit, she had emptied her stomach earlier at her sisters 'training'.
"Child abuse… isn't something a Clan Leader would be put away for… he has most of the Council on his side…" the Hokage stated gravely. Hinata raised her head at last.
"N-no… b-but how about the a-attempted m-murder of a Konoha citizen, a-and… placing a modified Branch Seal o-on a Konoha c-citizen?" Hinata whispered shyly at the two startled adults.
"What do you mean Hinata-chan? You were his daughter... it was legal." The Hokage said, frowning.
"N-no… he disowned me b-before he p-placed the S-Seal on me… before h-he tried to s-strike my heart with a Gentle F-Fist blow." Hinata took a deep breath. "He told me… I-I… wasn't his d-daughter…"
A heavy silence filled the room.
"You are right. Hiashi… did disown you. I saw it." Inoichi confirmed, shuddering slightly.
It was all the Hokage needed. He summoned a group of ANBU to arrest Hiashi Hyuga on the charges of attempted murder and marking of a Konoha citizen. Hinata caught a couple of ANBU shaking at the mention of Hiashi's name.
"Go. Bring him here." The Hokage commanded. As soon as the order left his lips, the ANBU disappeared like shadows into nothingness.
A bare, deep silence covered the room, leaving the three occupants to their thoughts.
H-Hiashi… I-I will see him f-for the f-first time in t-two years… l-looking like this… Hinata looked down at her blood and sick stained jacket… before taking it off. Yes, the lavender long-sleeved shirt was still stained with blood from Akane's kunai, but she looked a little more presentable.
How could she live like that… and stay… so innocent? Inoichi wondered, taking in the calm face of the girl in front of him.
She's an enigma… I have to keep a closer eye on her… not Naruto-kun… but Naruto… the villagers… I should have two crystal balls… the Hokage was too, looking at Hinata.
Eventually, the quiet was disturbed by the sound of shouting… Hinata recognised Hiashi's voice. She knew it so well… especially when loud.
SLAP!
The sharp sound shot through the air and then there was a thump. The Hokage dashed outside, and then the air inside the hospital became heavy, weighed down by the sheer amount of Killing Intent radiating throughout it.
Hinata closed her eyes and concentrated on her breathing as the sounds outside her room grew louder. The door opened, and she took a look at Hiashi.
His hair was dishevelled, his face was sweaty and he sported a bruise on the side of his left cheek. He was held by 4 ANBU, and still struggling. His insane, icy eyes locked onto Hinata, and he roared like an animal.
Suddenly, Hinata's entire body burned with pain. It was blinding, terrifying. Her screams echoed through the air, drowning out the sound of Hiashi's roar. Her body convulsed violently in pain, it was like nothing she had ever experienced before. It… was by far the most painful thing she had ever felt, and no physical pain could ever match it.
"HINATA! STOP!" the Hokage roared, and Hinata opened her eyes. Surrounding her was… silvery purple energy arms, and they had destroyed most of the room already. The pain was still blinding, but she stopped leaking out chakra.
A crunching noise was heard, and then Hinata's pain went as quickly as it came. The tortured girl slumped back onto the headboard. H-he… my Seal…
"Hiashi… if you do that again I will kill you right here and now. Understood?" the Hokage threatened, directing pure fury at a shocked, feral Hiashi. Hiashi said nothing, he just stared at his blood daughter... who had just single handidly destroyed the room in a matter of seconds.
"Hiashi… I am stripping you of your title as Clan Leader. You are charged with the following; first degree murder of an ANBU, child abuse of the highest charge, attempted murder of a citizen of Konoha and placing a modified, untested Branch Seal on a Konoha citizen. Do you deny any of these charges?" the Hokage stated coldly.
"I do. I deny all apart from killing that ANBU. The fool should have let me go." Hiashi smirked, but it was quickly wiped off as the Hokage, Inoichi and 4 ANBU directed their Killing Intent at him.
"Hiashi, if you had nothing to fear, you should have come quietly. It was you're mistake, and it will cost you your life. As for the rest of the charges… you disowned Hinata-chan before you placed that wretched Seal on her, and you tried to kill her. As for child abuse…"
"You are a sick, twisted bastard who smiles as he beats up children who are weaker than you. I. Felt. It." Inoichi said. The ANBU seemed to turn towards Hinata and look at her sitting there, dazed from the pain she had felt.
"As my title of Hokage, I have decided on your fate. You are to be executed, but first, you will remove the Seal you have placed upon Hinata. Then, the ANBU will take you to Anko for punishment before you die." Hiashi started to tremble, but then… he laughed.
The former Clan Head cackled devilishly, tears of laughter falling down from his eyes. When the madman stopped his laughter, he grinned.
"I am going to die… fine. But… no one else can remove that Seal apart from me." Hiashi turned his head towards his daughter. "This is my final act… That Seal will brand you forever! And anyone of the Main Branch can activate it! Including… your sister Hanabi." Suddenly, Hiashi's arms glowed brightly with chakra, and the ANBU restraining him were forced to let go. Hiashi raised his hand which was charged with deadly, blue chakra and struck his own heart.
A single, rough cough rang throughout the room, and blood spurted from Hiashi's open mouth. He was in obvious pain, but he smiled demonically at his eldest child, before collapsing on the floor.
He was dead… Hinata knew. She was branded forevermore with the Branch Mark… no one could change that now.
The question was, did the rest of the Main Branch hate her like her father had?
If so, she was in grave danger.
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Three days had passed since Hiashi died.
Hinata hadn't known what to feel… he had been a demon, a cruel, harsh man. But… he had also been her father… nothing would ever change that.
Hinata could only bring herself to feel relief that he was gone, her sister would be safe now… and hopefully, a reasonable Clan Head would take Hiashi's place, for everyone's sake.
Hinata had attended the funeral. Hinata had insisted that Hiashi's death should be blamed on a heart attack, to save him and the Clan true disgrace. The Hokage had questioned her honourable actions, to which Hinata had replied that shame would gain nothing for the Clan, Konoha and herself, so there was no point to it. Hanabi, her sister, also lived in the Clan, and Hinata wouldn't bring her dishonour. It just wasn't fair.
Without even noticing it, Hinata had begun to deteriorate. She had stopped eating and sleep didn't come easy either. Questions whirled around in her head, about her father, the Clan, herself. She could still remember the chakra arms that had come from her body; what had that been about? She thanked the Kami's that no one questioned how she was able to find out about her sister's… training. She prayed the Hokage would forget about that with all the rest of the drama going on.
For instance… Naruto. After the incident at the hospital, Hinata had been Transported to her apartment along with the Hokage, where she had found Naruto sitting on the sofa. His face had been bruised, and a kunai was gripped tightly in his hand.
Iruka was there in the apartment, and he had told her Naruto had gone off into the forest to see if he could find anything useful from the bodies there. Kumo ninja had attacked him, Iruka only just got there in time to save him, along with another.
This incident contributed to Hinata's questions too; why wouldn't Kumo leave them alone? What had Konoha done to deserve the Cloud's wrath?
Little did she know, the plotting of Kumo would soon be carried out. And the weapon… was a very familiar face… for Hinata.
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And… End!
I know Naruto was attacked by Takigakure spies in the Anime when he was in the forest looking for items to steal from corpses, but Kumo fits in better with my story.
Alright, I think some of you are wondering what memories and powers Hinata has underneath the 'sea' of chakra. Here goes:
The glittering pebbles: Were Hinata's shining Byakugan
Yin-Yang symbol: Not telling!
Herbs and Flowers: Were Hinata's knowledge of medicinal herbs and remedies.
The scrolls and books: Hinata's vast knowledge of shinobi and their training.
Kunai and Shuriken: Symbolises that Hinata is already trained with those weapons, and the bloody kunai was the fact that she has already killed (remember hunting for the Mongeese?)
Spinal column with silver pulses: Hinata's Seal that attacked the nerves (the silver pulses) that Hiashi put on her.
As you know, Hinata has many secrets, and the ones like her secret herbal remedy work would be deeper down so Inoichi wouldn't be able to see it.
Until next time, Ingat! xxx
