Chapter 28: Sinnerman Part I

Alternate Universe

Waiting, she hated waiting. People came and went whispering as they walked past her, never looking at her. She wasn't worth looking at she was a waste of time, a waste of space. Her small hand gripped the doorframe as she watched; today was Hanabi's third birthday. Today Hinata would see if she was the heir, either they placed the seal on Hanabi or she received the seal when Hanabi was old enough to be heir.

Some one was standing beside her; she turned looking at her cousin. He smiled sadly at her, she wasn't supposed to be here, it was a main house celebration. He held out his hand to her. She looked back at the ceremony, her eyes narrowed slightly as Hanabi hugged her mother. Mother that was something Hinata was denied, the last time she had seen her mother, she was three and pulled out of her mother's arms, dragged away, screaming and crying. Absently her hand moved to her eyes, her fingertips pressed against her temples, she hated her eyes, her strange light violent eyes.

"Hinata-chan." He took her hand in his, giving it a light squeeze. He led her away, not noticing the scowl. Hinata understood that she was going to die, the seal was placed on children, when Hanabi took her place as leader of the clan, a strangely calm hand brushed her forehead, the seal would be there one day, engraved on her corpse.

A sob left her mouth Neji stopped walking, she was crying. "I want my mother." She sobbed. Neji hugged her awkwardly, nodding, he missed his too.

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Morning filtered into the room, her eyes opened slowly, she had overslept, she knew because she was alone, Neji had already left for training, her eyes narrowed before closing again. Today she was ten; today she was going to see her mother.

She slowly left the bed, her Byakugan flickering on. She had already spoken to her father, to Hiashi on this matter. If he allowed her to see her mother than she would accept her fate, she wouldn't fight when the seal was placed on her, when her clan killed her. Hiashi had stared at her; at this child that stared back at him with that woman's face, all that was his was her eyes but that woman had claimed those too, mixing her eye color with the Byakugan. He had nodded giving her permission, to see her mother, the last time to see the woman who had given birth to her.

On strangely tense and tired legs she walked to that district, the red district hidden in the leaf. People noticed her as she walked; the whispers started again, her Byakugan flared to life as she walked a little faster before breaking into a run. The whispers followed her, growing stronger and louder, growing until they where all she could hear.

Out of the corner of her eyes she noticed something, noticed someone. The charka was strange to her; she turned her head her Byakugan dimming. The young man walked past her, their eyes met and followed as he past her; there was something about him, something about his eyes, something that she saw. The other young man he was walking with said something breaking the slight contact, she returned to running, her Byakugan flaring again so she didn't have to look back.

Something strange curled inside her stomach as she stared at the door, the door she remembered being slammed open, the door she was dragged out of. She raised her fist knocking on the door, waiting for someone to answer.

Someone did someone with the purple eyes. "Mom?"

Nothing can last forever, Hinata sat there at the table with her mother, the woman who had been Haiashi's mistress. She had been hugged and comforted, she had been told that she was loved, that she was special that she was wanted. Hinata smiled, and talked to her mother telling her everything that she had been put through, about the deal with her father. She told her everything till there was nothing left to say.

For the first time, at least in Hinata's mind, time went by quickly. It wasn't seconds that slowed into minutes, which dragged into hours. For the first time she wasn't aware of the time, just of the person she was with. Her mother.

Soon someone knocked on the door, Hinata tensed wondering if someone had come to tell it what she didn't want to hear. She wanted more time with her mother, she wanted more than one day, she wanted the rest of her life.

Her mother stood smiling, promising that this time she wouldn't allow the Hyuuga clan to take her away. This time, it was her mother who was appealing to the Hokeage. Hinata smiled, memorizing her mother.

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Her mother was staring at her, brushing the hair away from her pale face. "You'll live for me, you'll make them all pay Hinata, you're my daughter." Hinata nodded slowly, wondering why her mother was telling her this, why her mother was here at the compound. Hinata smiled as her mother pulled her into a hug, she closed her eyes. Lavender and lilacs, that was what her mother smelled like, she was warm and yielding, something the Hyuuga clan wasn't. Even when Neji hugged her it was cold and unbending, it was like hugging a tree or a wooden post, it wasn't home.

"Make them pay Hinata." her mother whispered. Hinata almost cried when her mother pulled away from her, "Make them pay for hurting us."

Hinata turned to look back, her father was standing there watching her from the doorway, Hinata's eyes narrowed. Her father, why couldn't she stop calling him that. Neji walked quickly over to her, he was her protector and he was going to be with her. He stopped halfway his own eyes widening, Hinata turned when she noticed her father walking over to her.

Two days later her mother hung herself on the tree by the front gate. Hinata didn't cry, Neji was holding her now. Telling her not to look. Hinata just stood there; she was her mothers' vengeance. She stared at her father as he ordered the guards to get her down. Their eyes meet, she was her mother's daughter, and she would never be a Hyuuga.

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Neji, she stared at him as he slept. His hand holding hers, she frowned at him, she hated him. He was leaving on a mission in the morning, and she wouldn't see him for a month. She played with his hair, he was leaving her alone. He opened his eyes, smiling at her.

"hi." She smiled back. Tomorrow she would be assigned to her own team. Neji moved closer to her, leaning into the hand that was brushing his hair. "scared." She nodded. He smiled and nuzzled her slightly. "I'm sure you'll get some nice teammates and instructor."

"What if I don't?" she asked softly.

"Then they'll have to deal with me, you'll be fine."

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She sat at the desk waiting for her teacher to arrive, her teammates like her sat somewhere far away from each other, the Aburame was staring at some bugs that crawled along his desk, the Inuzuka was staring at her than the Aburame till finally he would whispering something to the dog that was on his head.

"so….who do you think were gonna get?" Hinata blinked the silence had been broken by the Inuzuka, she looked at the Aburame waiting to see if he would answer the question, he merely looked up and then back at the bugs that were now crawling along his hand.

"So...Hyuuga is it true your mom hung herself?" Hinata blinked, stiffening.

"Does it matter? Her mother was a whore, when are they of any value?" Hinata glared at the Aburame standing, the Aburame stood too. "Are you planning to do something?"

Her Byakugan flared, ever since her mothers past had been revealed, the Aburame had been tormenting her. He was waiting for her to do something and she did, she charged at him, she was stopped not by bugs or Iruka-sensai but someone else she looked up, those eyes stopped her. She knew those eyes; she knew what was behind them.

"Uchiha Itachi." Hinata blinked was that worship in the Aburame's voice. The Uchiha let her go, more as pushed her, she landed on the floor catching herself with her hands.

He looked at them briefly, measuring them. The Inuzuka's dog growled at the Uchiha before hiding in Kiba's jacket. Itachi said nothing, only motioned for them follow. After some hesitation they did.

"I don't like him either." The Inuzuka whispered under his breath to his dog. Hinata looked at him, wondering what the dog was saying. The Inuzuka looked up at her frowning "I don't think she smells nice."

Hinata raised an eyebrow. Absently smelling her jacket, it smelled clean to her, then again her ability to smell wasn't as strong as his. She wondered what she smelt like.

"What do I smell like?" she asked him softly.

"Cheap perfume." Hinata blinked it was the Aburame, she frowned and glared at him, she hated the Aburame. She didn't smell like cheap perfume.

Kiba turned, Shino was usually a quiet person, and Hinata had spoken about ten times in the entire time they had been classmates, now they where teammates. Him and Akamaru where going to be doing all the talking.

"She doesn't smell like cheap perfume, she just smells strange." Hinata looked at the Inuzuka, trying to figure out if he was insulting her or defending her. She looked at the Uchiha who turned to face her.

"Hinata-chan, come here." She hesitated but walked a little faster to Itachi's side. They walk till they reach a training area, the final test. All three look at each other than at Itachi, there is something about him that makes them want to scream, something's wrong with him! Run away now!

Akamaru barked and the Inuzuka nodded. "We think you're a bad man."

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The first test was to stay alive; it was oblivious to them that Itachi didn't want a team. Maybe it was the fact that they where tied to rocks, shoulder deep in water, in rapidly moving freezing water. Kiba and Akamaru struggled against the ropes; Itachi had left, saying that he would return to collect their corpses.

Shino is the first one to get free; Kiba turns and yells something to Shino. She really can't hear them, the water is just above her chin and the rapids are actually moving faster, slashing water in her face. Her hands struggle against the ropes, her Byakugan activates than the water splashes against her face washing the Byakugan away.

Water and air mix in her lungs; she turns her head trying to see her teammates. Maybe Neji was wrong, maybe teammates weren't there to save you. Soon someone was pulling her up; her hands cling to that someone. The shore is nice it's dry, coughing the three of them lay there on the grass.

"He's a bad man, I hate him." Hinata looks at Kiba as he stares at her. Smiling, he was the one who dragged her to the shore. She smiled back, before coughing again. She hated being short.

"Thank you Inuzuka-san." He smiles wider at her. Soon Itachi is walking towards them, Akamaru growls again.

"You three aren't dead." There is disappointment in his voice. His eyes darken before it's gone and he's smiling again. "Hinata-chan, Kiba-kun and Shino-kun, you three are my new students. Get your bags packed and ready, we have a mission tomorrow. Hinata-chan, you'll be staying at the Uchiha compound." She blinks, unsure as to what is happening. "Your father has placed me as your guardian."

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People react two ways when they hear the name Uchiha Itachi, they either say his name with disgust or whisper it in fear that he'll suddenly appear and whisper in their ears "Surprise it's time to die." The ones that whisper are the ones that have met Itachi.

But, if you're his student you react in three different ways, if you're Hinata, you try your hardest to be unnoticed, if you're Shino you worship the ground Itachi walks on and if you're Kiba and Akamaru you silently pray to live too see another day.

This was their very first mission, some festival that they had to attend. Hinata and Shino where dressed up, they would wander around the festival while Kiba and Itachi where wandering the rooftops. This was a mission for them tied into Itachi's Anbu mission. Shino would scowl at her every once in awhile, just because she was holding onto his sleeve. People pushed and bumped into them, there was laughter and yelling, the smell food, perfume and body odor burned at their noses. She moved a little closer to him, both hands now on his sleeve, it was hard for her to keep up with him in the kimono and geta shoes, she was clumsily. Finally Shino grabbed her by the wrist.

"We supposed to be blending in." they weren't, it was obvious to see that. Couples looked at them warily and others simply watched them whispering. Watching them, she was uncomfortable with the Aburame, and he hated her.

"You're walking to fast." Hinata whispered. He scowled again at her, she scowled back. He tugged at her wrist, occasionally looking at his sleeve, as if she would leave something behind. She barely heard it but she did, he had hissed that he kimono was too pink. She whispered back that his hair reminded her of a broom. He stopped, she collided hard against his back, and if it weren't for the hand on her wrist she would have fallen.

She felt it too murderous intent. Her Byakugan activated, Kiba and Itachi where already moving towards the source, Itachi and Kiba where to find and bring back some scroll an enemy nin had stolen, Shino and Hinata where to complete their easier mission, find the pick pocket that was apparently terrorizing people at the festivals.

"We still have our mission." Hinata nodded. He started dragging her again, she glared at his back, and he was making it hard for her. "Keep up."

In her head she was lighting his back on fire, and rolling him on really sharp glass. Then Shino turned, stopping once again she bumped into him, this time his shoulder. She let out a yelp, his elbow hit in between her breasts. Shino's bug moved wrapping around someone's wrist. Hinata blinked, the pick pocket was a little child. An eight year old child, she blinked seeing herself screaming as Hanabi's mother locket her in the closet for embarrassing her in front of the other clans, embarrassed Hanabi in front of the clans.

"Hinata!" she blinked, Shino had released her wrist, she was holding his, telling the child to run. His bugs where wrapping around her wrists. The child nodded running fading into the crowd. Shino pulled himself out of her grasp, taking off after the child.

She stood there in the crowd, turning to stare at the fireworks.

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His hands where on her neck, she was staring up at him, fear in her eyes, the closer he moved the sharper his reflection in that glass glaze became. He had her pinned to her bed, all she had to do was scream and Sasuke would come running to check on his new best friend. Only she would never scream, not for him.

"What is your purpose?" she stared at him, her pulse racing as he added more pressure to her neck. "Hinata-chan, answer me."

In his black eyes she could see herself, and in her pale eyes he was staring at his own reflection.

"I want to make them all pay, for her, for killing her." she hissed softly. He smiled at her, releasing her neck. "I want them dead." He lay beside her, she was reminded of her cousin, until she moved closer, he was warm, he was yielding. Her hands tightened around his shirt. Closing her eyes she smiled, whispering into his shirt. "Mother."

Itachi looked at her; she had fallen asleep leaving him to stare at the ceiling. His hand stroking her hair, Sasuke liked her. She didn't seem to be interested in his little brother, she wanted to go home. She had asked him if he would allow her to sleep at the Hyuuga compound, he had refused and when no one was there she had reacted. Throwing a cup at his head, he caught the cup and glared at her. Before he dragged her kicking and screaming, well he muffled her screams.

So he slept in her room, playing the part that her cousin did. Neji would walk her home occasionally, glaring at Sasuke when he would meet them halfway and walk with them.

The Hyuuga was starting to cling to him, using him to replace her mother.

Hinata opened her eyes when Itachi stared to leave the bed. "Be nice to Sasuke." She blinked staring at him "we'll need him later on." She nodded; he looked over his shoulder she nodded as he left her alone in the bed, sliding the door closed. He wanted her to be nice to Sasuke, she frowned. Sasuke was strange; he liked watching her and following her, talking to her.

She attempted to fall back asleep until the door slid open again, Sasuke she stared at him he was wide awake. He jumped on to her bed smiling at her.

"Hey Hinata." she sat up staring at him, wondering if her bunny two piece was making her look less intimating than she wanted. "I don't have training today I thought we could hang out and do something, there's a movie we could watch." She stared at him, rubbing the sleep away from her eyes.

"Be nice to Sasuke."

She smiled at him and nodded. She didn't know why Itachi would need Sasuke, he wasn't anything special. Itachi knew best.

"Wait till I tell you about my first mission, it turned into an A class mission." She smiled at him, wondering why she hated his bright eyes and smile. For a brief second she imagined what he would look like after Itachi was through with him.