The Rest of the Story

He turned around slowly to look at Yuu, who had fallen on his back when the kikai bugs attacked him... and something strange happened. The blond preformed quick seals, and a special jutsu opened the window, letting an equally large swarm of snow-bugs in to fight off Shino's destruction bugs.

That would give him an advantage, the bug-weilder thought, his analitical mind coming into play. And he's probably another taijutsu specialist, like Hinata, putting them on an original playing field originally... He dug into his weapons pocket, throwing a kunai at the blond with deadly accuracy; it embedded deep into his shoulder, seeping blood onto his shirt. Hn. Any soldier of war is bound to have more experience than a leader-in-training. He's probably stronger than his own brother... this is the reason Hiashi-sama wants Hinata to train: so stuff like this doesn't happen.

He reached to grab another kunai, but rather persistant hands stopped him. "Shino, don't."

"Why not..?" he hissed, glaring at the bleeding man in front of him.

"Do you seriously think he couldn't kill you if he wanted!" Yukio yelled at him. "And asides from that, he's my brother!"

"I don't care!" Shino yelled back. "He's ruined everything! He deserves this!"

"And I don't care if he does or doesn't!" Shino was stopped again, and looked at Yukio in disbelief. "He's my brother! Believe it or not, I don't want him to die!"

"How can you be defending him?" He turned to look at Yukio fully... Yuu laughed at his back, making his rage grow farther.

"He's my brother, Shino!" Yukio glared. "And he's defending me just as I'm defending him now; yes, he deserves this, but there's better ways to go about with punishment!"

They glared at each other as if in a trance, neither wanting to back down...

"Sh-Shino...?" ... and suddenly the trance was broken. Shino looked over in the corner where the crying Hinata still sat. "I... d-don't... not f-for me..."

She knows it wasn't me..?

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Yukio didn't know how he did it, but he managed to get all of them to the medical wing. He looked over at Shino who was acting all gloomy in a corner, still a little depressed that Hinata hadn't let him help her... Yukio sat next to the Heir's bed, keeping a close eye on his brother at the other side of the room.

"Hinata-darling..." Yukio whispered; he stopped when she flinched. "Hinata," Good, no flinching. "You need to tell me what happened..."

"He... he just..." she bit her lip, and Yukio sighed. Damn her for being a kunoichi... she doesn't want to say it, but she knows she has to. "H-he became Sh-Shino-kun..."

"Yeah, I know that," Yukio nodded, leaning towards her. "What else happened... we were gone for a long time Hinata."

She started shaking again, pulling her knees to her chest; the blond sighed again. Something caught his attention. More so, someone: the nurse who had been treating Yuu walked over to whisper in his ear. "... he has wounds that didn't come from Shino-sama." ... in a moment she was gone again, escorting his brother back to his room.

So she fought back..? "Hinata, did you try to defend yourself..?"

She nodded slowly. "H-he... w-wasn't 'nough t-t-time f-for Sh-shugohakke... d-don't kn-know K-Kait-ten... d-didn't act-tivate Byaku-kugan..."she took a long, suffering breathe. "F-Father will b-be d-disap-pointed th-that I... I c-couldn't t-take c-care of my... myself..."

"Hey..." Yukio smiled at her, but she didn't smile back. "You'll be fine... you're strong. As horrible as this was, I'm sure you'll make it through it... you have Shino after all, right?"

She nodded, and tried to smile; But when she looked up to glance at the bug-weilder, she started to shake again. Oh, how confusing... it all happened too fast for her to react, even though she knew what was happening... and even though she doesn't blame Shino, she can't look him in the eye. Lovely. Perfect. Why the hell do I even care?

"You rest up..." he stood up, patting her shoulder; she tensed, pulling her knees tighter to her chest. That'll take a little while to get over... "... I need to go and smooth things over with our favourite Bug-Boy..."

He moved his chair with him to the shadowy cornerthat Shino sat in. "You okay..?"

"You should have let me kill him," Shino snorted in response; Yukio knew that behind his sunglasses, his eyes were fixed on Hinata.

"You'll thank me once you realize that there isn't a war going on between Snow and Leaf," was his retort. "Besides... if you had killed them, they never would have found the wounds Hinata had made." Shino graced him with a glance. "She has spirit, I doubt this will stop her... it might effect her for awhile, but ultimately it'll just make her stronger."

"You speak as if from experience," the Aburame heir noted.

"I live in a rather disfunctional family," Yukio sighed for the third time that hour. "You think things like this haven't happened before..? Otosan will deal with Yuu by sending him out in the feild for a year or so; He throws hissy fits worse than me when he's deprived of female companionship."

He turned his gaze back to Hinata. "... am I supposed to find that amusing..?"

Yukio rolled his eyes. "She'll be fine Shino."

He didn't look convinced. "She thought I did it. She didn't want me near her."

"She knows you didn't do it," the blond insisted. "Just give her a little time to get over it; seeing you reminds her. Everything will be back to normal."

"Why do you care..?" he snorted out. "Yuu's right, this is just helping you. You're still going to marry her. Why are you even acting like this..? It's very not like you."

"... you don't know anything about me, Shino."