Chapter Twenty One
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Hinata paused and turned back around to her sister.
"What do you mean you saw me ?" She retorted coldly.
"You heard me." Hanabi stated while showing off a smirk.
"I saw you coming out of the hospital with that guy on your team."
Hinata sighed then continued the walk to her room.
"Why did you need to lie to father ?" She asked demandingly.
Hinata ignored her younger sister as she opened the door to her room.
"I didn't lie." She said sternly, then entered her room, closing the door behind her.
After Hinata entered she walked to the middle of the room. Each step there was accompanied by thoughts of Naruto and Sakura but also what Kiba had said too.
In the process of letting herself fall apart, she fell to her knees.
She could feel the sorrow building up behind her eyes but it was once again swallowed back as Hanabi slammed the door open.
"Tell me what you were doing !!!" She screamed while walking towards Hinata.
Hinata jumped to her feet and kicked Hanabi in the side causing her to hit the wall. Hanabi instantly jumped to her feet.
"Tell me what you were doing !!!" She repeated equally demanding as the first time.
"TELL ME WHAT YOU WERE DOING !!!" Hinata screamed back.
"What are you talking about ?" Hanabi asked confused.
"What were you doing letting father have his way with you ?" Hinata asked with a hint of shame in her voice.
Hinata looked at the floor.
"I'm not going to end up like you. A failure. A regret. I'm not going to be that." Hanabi said with a new wave of seriousness in her voice.
"How is letting him do those things to you going to change you as a person ?!?!"
Hinata was slightly tearing but raised her head to look at Hanabi.
"I'm going to be the leader of the Hyuuga clan. Not you."
Hinata's head started to pound from lack of information and from the sense of where this conversation was headed.
How was Hanabi going to be the leader of the Hyuuga clan when she had been promised to become the same ?
Then again maybe she wasn't fit for the job anyways.
"What does that have to do with anything ?" Hinata asked while lowering her head to hide her puffy eyes.
"Father is going to pick me. I'm stronger and I do as I'm told."
"YOU LET HIM FUCK YOU !!!" Hinatat screamed while sobbing.
Hinata continued sobbing and Hanabi was clenching her fists so hard they were starting to turn blue.
"YOU JUST STAY OUT OF MY BUSINESS !!!"
Hinata looked to her sister. She had no idea how she could let him do this to her.
"Your business is my business ... just tell me why you let him ..."
Hinata lowered her head again and started to sob uncontrollably. She felt like an idiot. She had no idea why she was crying ... atleast that's what she tried convincing herself.
Hanabi made a somewhat growling noise that closely resembled an enraged animal as she lunged towards Hinata.
Hinata simply dodged her by stepping to the side.
Hanabi attempted to land a punch another time but failed miserably.
"You're not thinking clearly ... calm down and just tell me why you let him ..."
Hanabi gritted her teeth.
"I don't have to tell you anything." Hanabi said coldly.
Hinata stopped sobbing and rose her head. Her expression had changed from sorrow to just plain annoyance.
"Then get out. Why the hell are you in here anyway ? Just get the hell out !!!"
"What did you say ?" Hanabi asked in a threatening tone.
"You heard me."
Hanabi sighed an angry sigh.
"Father knows you were lying about where you were, I know you were lying, and you know you were lying. So just fess up !!!"
Hinata in the blink of an eye shoved Hanabi to the floor and kicked her as hard as she could.
Hanabi hit the door causing a very loud bang.
Hanabi crawled to her knees and Hinata looked away as she started to cough up blood.
When Hanabi was about halfway standing upright, the door roughly slammed opened from behind her and Hanabi was sent to the floor once again.
"What the hell is going on in here Hinata !?!?"
Hanabi crawled to the middle of the floor beside Hinata.
"Father !!!" Hinata cried in shock.
Hinata looked down at Hanabi. Hanabi used her hand to reach to about a couple inches above Hinata's knee.
Hinata stared in confusion as Hanabi's hand was tightly tucked under her short black pants.
"Hanabi what are you doing ?"
Hanabi said nothing as she dug her finger nails into Hinata's pale, sensitive skin.
Hinata screamed out as she dug her nails in deeper.
"Hanabi stop !!!" Hinata cried.
Hanabi dug her nails in just a little deeper then drug them down to her ankle. Hinata screamed and kicked her in the side, causing her to let go and cough up some more blood.
"HINATA !!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?!?!" Her father screamed.
Hinata jumped and fearfully looked at her father.
"NEJI !!!" Hiahsi called while never taking his eyes off of Hinata.
Neji came in no later then he was done calling his name.
"Neji, take Hanabi. Make sure you clean her up."
Neji ran to Hanabi's side and scooped her up in his arms.
"Let me down !!!" She screamed.
"Hanabi be quiet." Hiashi said, still glaring at Hinata.
"NO !!! I'm going to kill her !!!"
Hanabi started to twist and turn in Neji's hands but he just tightened his hold on her.
"HANABI I'LL TAKE CARE OFF HER !!!"
Hanabi stopped moving and looked at her father. Even Neji couldn't help but glance at him, even if it were for only a second.
Hinata hadn't gotten a beating in years. Not so much as a slap on the hand. After a while the beatings just kinda died down. That still didn't mean it was any better than before.
Nobody might have beated her but the neglect was somehow just as painfull to her.
Hiashi broke his glare at Hinata long enough to look at Neji.
"I said take her out of here." He said coldly.
"Yes sir."
Neji walked out of the room and Hiashi shut and locked the door behind him. He glared at Hinata again.
She lowered her head.
"Father I ..."
"SHUT UP !!!"
Hinata jumped and looked up to see her father so she quickly dropped her head again.
"Look at me when I'm talking to you."
Hinata started to shake as memories of when she was younger raced across her mind.
Hinata shook her head no but regretted it when her chin was roughly jerked up by cold hands.
"You've gotten brave huh ?" He said mockingly.
Hiashi withdrew his hands. Hinata sighed in relief when he let go and she once again lowered her head.
"I'M NOT DONE TALKING TO YOU !!!"
Hinata was slapped across the face with no warning. She covered the stinging area with her hand and as much as it troubled her, looked at her father.
"What is your problem ?!?!"
Hinata looked at her father but remained silent.
"What the hell is wrong with you ?"
Hinata stared strongly into her father's eyes.
"DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT WAS MY DAUGHTER YOU JUST THREW AGAINST A WALL."
"Don't you realize ... that was just your daughter you slapped across the face ?"
Hiashi reached his arms out and tossed Hinata onto the bed which was a couple feet beside them.
Hinata burst into the tears as an all too familar movie played in her mind.
"Please stop," Was all she could mutter before she was falling apart from memories consuming her.
Hinata didn't struggle as Hiashi delivered a few punches. Punch after punch she stood there, no screams, no whimpers, no tears.
He had done the worst thing possible a long time ago. Nothing he did know would even come close ... close to living without the love of a father.
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Writing this chapter kinda made me cry ... just a little.