(Itachi Ending)
(super big time skip way far down)
Hinatas POV:
All I kept doing was twirling the engagement ring on my finger. I had to find the courage to give it back to my father today, to let him know Kakashi and I weren't getting married. It was a terrible feeling not knowing how my father would react. We've come a long way in the past few months and I didn't want to reset it.
But I had to no choice now since I was sitting in his office, waiting for him. A month had gone by since Iruka came to inform Itachi he was going to be a mentor. An entire month of being busy with the academy and the children. Today I had time off and it was to deliver bad news.
"Hinata?" my name was spoken and I looked to see Hanabi had appeared in the doorway and I gave her a small smile.
"What brings you here?" I asked her and she walked in, taking her normal seat.
"Father wants me to attend every meeting he has from now on, I'm going to be clan head this year, grandfather finally picked out a ceremony day" she told me and I smiled for her.
"That's great Hanabi" I told her and she smiled slightly. I could see the sadness in her eyes as well, she was so young and yet here she was about ready to lead the Hyuga clan. It was a lot for such a young person but I knew she would do great.
"What's the first thing you plan on doing when you're clan head?" I asked her, trying to fill the silence while we waited for our father.
"I'm going to adjust the regulations on the caged bird seal, I hate it so much," she said and I could see the fire light in her eyes.
"All the pain I've seen from Neji alone, it's time for change. That rule is going to be abolished by the time I'm done" she said with pride and I wanted to hug her. The new dawn of the Hyuga clan was upon us.
"Hanabi, that's beautiful" I told her and I felt one single tear of happiness come out of my eye. I wiped it quickly and the door reopened again. Father had finally joined us and then the realization of why I was here came back quickly. My heart sank a bit.
"Sorry for the wait girls, I needed to attend an important matter" he said briskly as he sat in his seat.
"What's the matter?" I asked him, trying to avoid the real subject on why I was here.
"Something that cannot be disgusted right now but will soon be brought to the attention of the rest of the clan" he said, pouring himself some tea. I didn't bother speaking again because I knew it was pointless.
"Now, what brings you here today?" he asked and they both looked at me. I placed my hands in front of me and started twirling the ring again. This time it was start taking it off so I could hand it back to him.
"There isn't an easy way to say this and I hope you don't think differently of me" I began slowly, looking at both of them. They both kept equally stone faces on, making it hard for me to tell what they were thinking.
"Kakashi and I are no longer to be wed, I've come to return mothers ring" I said, taking it off my finger finally. It felt weird, I've had this ring on for six and a half months, I was used to the small metal band.
"What happened?" Hanabi asked, looking confused. I sighed out loud and figured telling them the truth wouldn't hurt.
"Ever since Itachi came back home five weeks ago I've realized some things. My feelings for him never truly left. I agreed to marry Kakashi when I was pregnant because I thought it was right, we also thought Itachi died" I started explaining and didn't realize I was crying until I felt a small wet splash on my arm. I finally looked at them and my father had his eyes closed. Hanabi however, looked happy for some reason.
"Please don't think differently of me" I said to them and remained quiet while I wanted for one of them to speak.
"I knew something was off with you since he had left" Hanabi said and I gave her a look because I was confused.
"Ever since that day during the war when you were telling me about him, I could tell he meant a lot to you. You didn't see the look in your eyes, or the smile on your face. I can tell he's your favorite person who walks this planet. Then when he left, you didn't seem the same. But now that he's back, I can see it" she rambled at me but it made smile slightly. I didn't realize she noticed all of that, I didn't realize I was so easily readable either.
"I want you to be happy Hinata, it's okay for you to change your mind. You know what your destiny is and I want you to follow it" she said, finishing up her little speech and I gave her a small head nod in appreciation and I looked at my father once more. His eyes were finally opened and he was looking between the both of us.
"As long as you're not hurting and my grandchildren are well loved, it's okay" he said and I could feel the tension in my body release.
"I once told that boy long ago that he was to take care of you, he better live up to my standards. I knew his father very well and I'll be damned if he falls stray of his clans ways" he spoke sternly but I knew he really accepted the both of us.
"I thought you guys were going to turn me away again" I said truthfully.
"I'm not going to turn your away for choosing happiness, things are different now between us" he said, giving me a small smile and then sipping his tea.
"Well, I still need to give this back to you," I said, bringing the ring to my father and placed it in front of him.
"I will put it back in safety" he reassured me and I looked at the ring once more. I no longer had something of my mothers but it was okay, I knew she was with me in spirit.
"May I go back to the Uchiha district for a while father?" Hanabi asked and he shook his head yes. I wondered what she wanted there.
We said our goodbyes to our father and walked towards the district. It only took a few minutes but we had arrived at the Uchiha district quickly after that.
"Where's Itachi?" she asked me.
"He might be in the back training field with Juri, today is one of their training days" I informed her and she started moving toward the training field.
"Good, so he's already outside" she said with a grin on her face. I didn't like it when she made that face because it meant she wanted to fight.
"You're not gonna try and fight him, are you?" I questioned her and we walked by all the houses, we were nearing Kisame's grave marker now.
"I need to know the man you're with can protect you" she said and I laughed at her.
"You know he can fight but if it makes you feel better" I told her and then I saw Juri standing in the field and Itachi nowhere to be found. We made our way over to her, keeping some space while we talked.
"Oh, Hinata-sensei! Hi" she said, giving me a slight bow.
"You don't have to bow to me, we're not at the academy" I said to her to make her feel better and I watched her continue scanning the trees, ready to fight.
"Where's Itachi-" Hanabi started to ask but was cut off when a Kunai landed right in front of Juris feet. I heard the leaves in the trees moving now and Juri continued to circle. Five more kunai came flying in different directions, which she deflected all of them.
"Is this part of your training?" Hanabi asked and Juri nodded her head.
"Move to the left and put your arms in a defensive position, quickly" I whispered to Juri and she did what she was told. Right in the same instant, Itachi appeared with his own weapon. The sound of metal clashed together.
"That's cheating" Itachi said, looking at me and I giggled at him and shrugged my shoulders.
"I appreciate the warning Hinata-sensei but I need to learn on my own. You're not going to be able to whisper in my ear my entire life" Juri said to me as she stepped away from Itachi. Well, I could see Itachi's personality was already rubbing off on her.
"So, what brings you guys here today?" Itachi asked, looking between my sister and I. I took the initiative to take a step aside because I knew Hanabi was going to jump right into things.
"I challenge you to a fight, right here and now" Hanabi said, positioning herself to fight him.
"What?" he asked, clearly not ready to hear that but taking a step back.
"Are you afraid, Uchiha?" she asked, taunting him a bit.
"Uh, no. I'm just confused" he said and then finally looked at me for an answer.
"She needs to know the man I want can protect me" I told him and I showed him my hand that originally had a ring on it this morning and he nodded his head. He finally understood what was happening.
"Fine, but on one condition," he said, taking another step back.
"Name it" Hanabi said and I could hear the arrogance in her voice. My sister always burned with passion when it came to fighting, she new she was good at it too. That was thanks to Neji, he made sure she was the best when I left the clan in the first place.
"Juri is fighting with you. Two on one, since you want to disrupt our training session" he said and they locked eyes.
"Oh no, I don't want to get in the way" Juri said sheepishly but I pushed her toward them anyhow.
"Life lesson, don't ever tell Itachi no with training because he'll only go harder on you the next time" I spoke to her and she nodded her head. It brought me flashbacks to when I joined anbu and had no clue who Itachi really was.
"Is that really all you got?" my partner asked me as he kicked my side as hard as he could. I could feel the air escaping my lungs and I felt like a failure. I could hear my father's words replaying in my mind about how I would never make it.
"No!" I yelled back and I grabbed my partners arm and twisted it. I forced whatever chakra I had left to my hands and sent a small pulse threw him, I knew I had shut down the chakra points in that arm. His arm dropped like a wet noodle and I shoved him away from me.
"Oh, I see. See you're going to reply on anger and hope for the best" he said, taunting me. He made a hand sign with his remaining arm and jumped backwards, sending a giant ball of fire towards my being.
I tried to use my families rotation jutsu to block it but I could only block half of it. I tried to jump out of the way of the last bit of fire but it burned my leg. Making me fall to the ground in pain as I held my leg.
I was so focused on my pain, I didn't realize my partner moved behind me until I felt the cold metal of the kunai on my throat.
"Never lose track of the enemy, even in great pain" he whispered into my ear, he sent goosebumps down my spine when he spoke.
From that day forward I knew I couldn't back down from training and I had to give it my all.
"Hinata!" Hanabi screamed and my attention snapped back to the three people in front of me.
"What's the matter with you?" my sister asked.
"Sorry, I was remembering something from back before I knew Itachi was Itachi.." I said lightly and him and I exchanged looks. I wondered if he thought of anything from the anbu days as well.
"Well, since you're back to planet earth. Can you send us off?" she asked and I nodded my head.
"The winner of this fight will be named once your opponent can no longer move, go!" I said loudly and Itachi literally vanished before our eyes.
"Whoa, sensei is fast" Juri said in amazement but continued keeping focus.
"He might be fast, but he isn't invisible. Byakugan!" Hanabi said loudly and I could see her searching rapidly.
This was going to be interesting to watch, might as well get comfortable. I moved a bit away so I wouldn't get hit with anything and I took a seat in the grass.
Juri made a few hand signs and a cloud of smoke poofed, hiding both of them in it. I became curious on how that was going to her Juri, she didn't have special eye abilities.
I activated my own bloodline so I could watch and I could see Juri with her eyes closed, her chakra enclosed on her kunais. She threw them in a large circle around her and I watched Itachi weaving his way towards them.
He entered the smoke circle and Juri turned quickly, swiping at Itachi who just nearly ducked and I watched a strand of his hair fall to the ground. Hanabi wasted no time either, throwing her chakra filled hands towards him, aiming right for his chest.
He blocked her hands with a kunai, causing her to cut her knuckles a bit. Itachi left the spot he was in, leaving a clone behind but appearing behind Juri. He kicked her side, making her fall a bit. He used the butt end of the kunai, hitting her on the head. She completely fell to the ground.
"If you think I can't tell that's a clone behind me, you're wrong" Hanabi yelled, but she was wrong. That was one thing Itachi had perfected at a young age. Tricking people into thinking his clones were really him. It took me a long time to figure out which one was real and which one was fake.
I could see Itachi getting ready grab her from behind but Hanabi's anger had taken over and she made a palm rotation, forcing Itachi to get knocked back a bit and all the smoke cleared.
"You must see my chakra in order to find the real me" my partner said casually as the real him and three clones surrounded me. I was trying to catch my breath and focus but I couldn't figure it out. I wasn't sure if it was from fatigue or frustration.
"All I can see is your chakra, that doesn't even make sense!" I yelled out in irritation, continuing to look anyways. I kept scanning every single chakra reserve like it was a test tomorrow. Everything was perfect, every single clone was identical.
"Calm down, being angry in battle will only kill you faster" he said harshly to me and I calmed myself down and looked slower. Then I spotted it, he had a very small unstable pattern in his right lung. The real him had a flaw in his chest and I grinned. I walked over to him and placed my hand on his shoulder.
"This is the real you," I said with confidence.
"Are you sure?" he asked with a low tone and I nodded my head. Then all the clones around us vanished, leaving the real him in front of me.
"So what's my secret?" he asked and I glided my hand down him, placing my palm on his right lung.
"You have a small irregular pattern in your right long" I said and he backed away quickly.
"Practice your chakra control more, I'll see you tomorrow," he said in a hurry and vanished.
The sound of a small explosion took me back to reality and I couldn't see anything due to dark smoke coming from the right of me. The must of moved while I spaced out and I waited for the smoke to clear and once it did. Itachi was on the ground, Juri was standing above him while Hanabi moved quickly to hit his tenketsu points.
He moved quickly, leaving crows in his path and send a harsh looking water bullet stream at Hanabi, knocking her down into the ground harshly.
Juri looked at him and then completely fell backwards, knowing she was trapped in a genjutsu and Hanabi didn't look like she was close to moving anytime soon.
I got up and Itachi was also lying on the ground so I walked toward him first and he was trying to remove what was left of his pant leg.
"Juri tagged me with a paper bomb when you were in your own little world" he answered me before I even asked him what happened. I looked at his leg as he finally got the cloth off of his wound. You could see where the paper bomb stuck because it burned his leg and opened the skin a bit, causing minor blood.
"We can have someone heal that if you'd like," I said to him as I kneeled down next to him.
"I'm sure it'll be fine, nothing a few bandages can't fix" he said, looking at me with a small smile. I rolled my eyes as him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"How long did you cast her into a genjutsu for?" I asked him, looking back over at both of the girls lying on the ground.
"She'll come back around in a little bit. Nothing to severe," he told me and I plopped next to him on the ground.
"I don't think they expected you to knock them both out" I said to him.
"They challenged me, just because I'm a friendly face doesn't mean anything in our world," he said, placing his hand over mine. He wasn't wrong, sometimes a friendly face is your worst enemy.
"Well, I'm sure this will be the last time my sister challenges someone for me" I said, giggling as I finished what I was saying.
"So I assume everything went well with your father and sister?" he asked, bringing his attention back to me and I nodded my head.
"Now.. I guess the last thing to do is have a long talk with Kakashi.." I said quietly, taking a deep breath. I knew it was going to be an emotional conversation but it had to be done.
"Well, I'm here when you need me" he said, squeezing my hand a bit.
"Thank you" I said and we sat there for a few moments in silence.
"Hey, what were you thinking about by the way? You seemed lost in thought" he said to me and I looked at him with a small smirk, we had come a long way from that day.
"Watching Hanabi fight your clone brought me back to the training days with you. The day I figured out how to tell you and your clones apart" I told him and he nodded his head slowly as I talked.
"Ah, that was a good day, I was proud of you that day," he said
"You left instantly though, were you really that proud?" I asked, giggling a bit.
"Oh.. um. That was shortly before I revealed myself to you, I liked you then too" he said awkwardly, scratching the back of his head.
"You didn't have to be so weird about it!" I said, nudging him a bit and then I laid my head on his shoulder.
…
A few hours had gone by now since watching everyone fight earlier and I just put the babies down for a nap. I could feel my emotions rising the longer I waited for Kakashi, it would be the third time I had seen him in a month.
Then the front door opened and I heard people shuffling in, Sasuke and Kakashi were finally home.
"Kakashi" I said with little to no nerve and he appeared in the doorway, looking extra tired but he sat down across from me.
"What's the matter?" he asked and I sighed out.
"I think it's finally time for us to discuss everything" I said to him and he nodded his head.
"I returned the ring to my father this morning" I started with and he looked at my hand to confirm what I had said.
"You're selfish.." he whispered under his breath.
"How?" I snapped back at him.
"Because all you ever do is think of yourself," he said with an attitude.
"All it takes is one glance at Itachi and seven months with me went right out the door!" he said with his voice raised.
"I can't help how I feel!" I yelled back and I could feel my blood boiling.
"I don't want to hear that! All you've ever done is hurt me! I'm the one who's been there for you every time he fucking leaves and yet I get left behind every single time!" he screamed at me, standing up now. The chair he was sitting on went back a couple of inches on the floor from his force.
"I never stopped loving him and I will always love him! I was pregnant when you asked me to marry you! I thought he was dead!" I screamed back and he started pacing.
"Yeah and how is your love for him going to keep your family from branding our children, did you even think of that?!" he screamed again but this time he hit the wall with his forearm, shaking the few pictures that were hung up.
"Hanabi will be the clan head in a few months! They'll be safe then!" I yelled and he was right, I never thought about the effect of this would have on Sakumo and Karasu.
"That's months from now! What if they find out before then? You never think about the consequences! Ever! It's always about you!" he screamed again and my vision was starting to blur, my anger was getting the better of me now.
"What do you want me to say?! Nothing is ever good enough for you!" I screamed back at him.
"Nothing is ever good enough for me? Are you serious?!" he back lashed.
"You're infuriating! Why can't you just accept that I never loved you!" I screamed as loud as I could and I stood up from the couch shaking. His eyes grew wide and his arm slid off the wall, dropping down to his side.
"Get out!" he yelled, pointing towards the door.
"No! You get out!" I moved towards him
"Just leave!" he yelled again and I shoved him.
"Where am I supposed to go? Huh?!" I yelled again, pushing him again. He bumped into the table behind him and the small glass monument that was holding Obito's glass ball made of his ashes shifted. The ball teetered and started rolling. I shoved passed him and caught it before it hit the floor.
"Get. Out!" he yelled louder than I ever heard before. He pushed me, taking the ball from my hands and I heard movement. I glared at him and went to swing at him before my arm was caught in mid air.
"Hinata, come with me!" Sasuke said loudly and tried to pull me away but I kept trying to hit Kakashi anyways.
"Let me go!" I growled and I just barely hit Kakashi's face, making sure I dragged my nails so I would leave a mark. He held his face and I saw nothing but rage in his eyes.
"Go ahead! Hit me!" I screamed still trying to free myself of Sasuke. Kakashi looked away from me and placed the ball back where it belonged.
"Obito and Rin are lucky they're gone! They don't have to deal with you anymore!" I screamed once more and I watched his eyes shift, he was in true rage form. I broke free of Sasuke and ran straight towards him, tackling him to the ground.
"Get off!" he yelled, trying to block me from hitting his face with his forearms. I couldn't stop swinging at him, I was taking all my anger out.
"What's the matter? Suddenly can't fight with two normal eyes?!" I screamed and finally punched him in the face. Then I felt us shift and I was thrown off of him and I stood my ground again, charing at him again and his leg collided with my side. I tumbled over and it took the wind out of me and then I felt a hand on my shoulder.
I felt a familiar feeling and looked up, I was suddenly in front of Itachi outside near the docks. I looked to see Sasuke, he had flickered me to his brother.
"Bring me back!" I screamed at Sasuke, I could still feel the tears of anger coming out.
"I just saved your life, Hinata. You need to calm down" he reprimanded me, glaring at me while he talked.
"What do you mean you saved my life? He wasn't doing shit!" I yelled again.
"I saw the chakra moving in his left arm, he was going to use chidori. You're lucky I moved when I did" he said and I stopped talking, he was going to kill me? No way, he wouldn't.
"What even happened?" Itachi asked, finally speaking up.
"She can talk to you about it. I have to go check on him" he said and vanished just as quick as we got here. I finally screamed up at the sky with everything I had and I fell to my knees.
"Hinata, calm down" Itachi said, wrapping his arms around me, trying to soothe me. Then all the anger I harboured inside, came flooding out with tears. That conversation didn't do anything, just pointless screaming.
"He's stubborn, he never listens and is hot headed" I grumbled into his arms and he started laughing so I moved out of his arms and we sat face to face.
"I don't see what's funny" I said, glaring at him.
"You just described yourself," he said, trying to wipe the tears from my face. I couldn't even argue that because I knew it was true. I was all three of those things, but I also loved with all my being and would do anything for someone I cared for. I always fought for what I believed in and never backed down.. Then it clicked.. We were exactly alike. This is why it was so hard for us to ever really fall in love. As much as we were alike, we were different. Our children we're going to be exactly like us, powerful, loving and hard headed.
Then I realized who was sitting in front of me and I just marveled at him. He was almost everything I wasn't, he was the perfect embodiment of a human to me. Then my mind went back to Kakashi and I thought about everything I had said and did inside. I was completely wrong, I hurt him. I deeply hurt him and I needed to apologize.
"I think to apologize to him right now," I said, getting off the ground and instantly grabbed my side. It was burning and I could feel a bump, did my rib get broken?
"What's the matter?" he asked gently touching my hand that was holding my side.
"I kept attacking him and he finally kicked me back" I whined as I tried to lift my shirt to see the damage.
"Let's go get that fixed," he said and lifted me with both arms.
"I can walk" I said.
"I know but I want to carry you" he said and I just held on, placing my head on his chest.
"So are you going to tell me what happened now?" he asked me because he knew we had time to spare on our walk.
I reiterated the entire scene to him and all he did was listen, waiting for me to be done speaking. Then he was silent and that was one thing I hated the most in the world, a silent Itachi. You never knew what he was thinking or about to say at that point.
..
I woke up the next morning and climbed out of Itachi's bed slowly, I didn't want to wake him. I needed to talk to Kakashi without yelling. I needed to apologize for the horrible things I said. I could barely sleep all night from that and my two broken ribs. Not to mention my conversation with Itachi yesterday made me see things more clearly.
I swiftly made my way out of the house and noticed the sun was barely rising which meant he should still be in bed. Which gave me the opportunity to do what I needed.
I got in the house and felt a cool breeze coming from the living room so I tip-toed over and he was on the porch drinking tea. I looked around the living room to see the mess from yesterday still here and then some. A hole in the wall, the chair moved, papers everywhere and the coffee table was just barely moved.
I quietly made my way over and took a seat next to him, neither of us said a word but looked off into the sunrise. I looked over at him and saw the marks I left on his face, three thin pink lines from my nails, a bruise under his eye and some smaller bruises on his forearms from my thrashing.
I shifted my body to the side so I could see him and only him, I didn't want to look at anything else. I needed him to know I was sincere. I grabbed his forearm lightly and rubbed my thumb gently over the bruises and he kept his head straight.
"I'm sorry for yesterday" I said softly and continued to look at him.
"I did a lot of thinking when I left, when I was in the hospital, when I was laying in bed and even my dreams" I started rambling but I knew he was listening.
"You're right, you know, I'm selfish. I put all of us as risk when I went forth and cheated on you with him. I shouldn't have, I was wrong, I'm sorry" I continued speaking but I was looking at his arms now, at all the little marks I left on him.
"I take back everything I said to you. I had no right to be so rude. I should of never brought Rin and Obito into it. You guys were a family and that was dishonorable of me to speak ill of them" I continued but I looked up now and I saw a tear falling from his eye.
I let go of his forearm and grabbed him, pulling him into me.
"I keep putting you threw hell, forgetting you're also human" I whispered and he grabbed my arm with his so he could bury himself.
We sat like that for several minutes and he just stayed curled up in my chest.
….
Five months had gone by since that giant fight with Kakashi, I'm still glad I went over that morning and apologized. Everything changed that morning, we got every single emotion out and finally came to a conclusion about how to co-parent. Life was going well and today was an important day. Hanabis celebration ceremony to becoming clan head. Then in a week now we could celebrate the twins birthday and announce them to the public. It would be safe because of Hanabi, she was abolishing the caged bird seal today.
It was finally time for the Hyuga clan changed.
"I don't know if I can do this" Neji said, pacing around the kitchen, breathing heavily.
"You're going to stress yourself out before we even get there" I told him, trying to soothe him.
"I'm the one who has to be the example for this," he said, pointing at his forehead where the caged bird seal was. Tsunade had been working behind the scenes for Hanabi, willing to heal everyone's seal off even though it was probably going to hurt.
"You survived death, you'll survive this" I told him, placing my hand on his shoulder so he would stop moving. He nodded his head and looked at me.
"Where's Itachi? We need to get going" he asked me and I wasn't sure.
"I'm right here, sorry" he said, waiting for us at the kitchen doorway. I looked back at him and Neji and giggled a bit.
"You guys should keep your hair down more often, you look better," I said whimsically walking toward the front door.
…
The ceremony went quickly and now it was time for her to make her first rule as clan head, a tradition for centuries. No matter what it was, it was to change.
"For my first rule in place, I need Tsunade and Neji to come forth" Hanabi spoke boldly and I sat up straighter for this. Tsunade and Neji made their way in front of the crowd of people that had gathered here today.
"For many generations, this clan has been divided in two. The main house and the branch house, the resentment between both sides can be suffocating. We are the Hyuga clan, we drive fear into enemies all across the nation's, we don't need a seal to protect our secrets. If someone dares come into this compound, it will be their last wish. So I here by state from this day on, the caged bird seal is abolished" Hanabi's voice echoed all around the damn room and it gave me goosebumps. I glanced at my father and he also looked proud of her, my grandfather however looked furious.
"I have Tsunade here to show you it's possible to reverse the effects. Neji, the prodigy of our clan has decided to go first" Hanabi said, taking a seat to watch. My eyes shifted from my sister back to Neji, he looked pale but I knew he would be okay.
Neji kneeled in front of Tsunade and her hands started glowing as she held Neji's head in her hands. I could see the pain on his face growing, he was trying so hard to keep himself together but for how long? Tsunade's hands turned a deeper shade of blue and Neji's Byakugan activated and he held the side of his face. I went to move to help him but Itachi kept me on the ground.
"He'll be fine, look at his forehead" he whispered to me and I concentrated, the dark green marking had faded into white and Tsunade stopped. Nejis eyes went back to normal and he leaned forward a bit, holding his head.
"Aside from a headache, he's going to be fine. This is the first step to building a stronger clan: trust. Trust that no main family will ever use that disgusting seal against you anymore" Hanabi spoke to the branch members again and finally everyone clapped. They were finally all free, my children were finally safe too.
Tenten had moved from her seat to Nejis side and helped him up, bringing him off to the side in the middle of all the noise. Everyone started moving around at this point to get food and such.
My eyes scanned the crowd and I saw my father signalling me over to him and so I grabbed Itachis hand, moving us. We joined Hanabi and my grandfather as well.
"I'm not pleased with you Hanabi, this clan is going to burn because of you" my Grandfather snapped at her and I gave him a dirty look.
"This clan is going to become the best version anyone has ever seen! Don't you dare give her an attitude or I'll show you a real one!" I snapped back at him and he looked at me with aw. I had never dared speak to him like that in all my years but I was going to back Hanabi up at all costs.
"You're just going to let her speak to me like that?" he asked my father.
"Typically no, but today, yes. Hanabi just did something that I wish I did a long time ago. It would have saved a lot of pain" my father said calmly. I knew he was talking about his brother and I knew that was the true him, the really nice one he buried long ago. Then my grandfather mumbled something under his breath and began ignoring us.
"I just wanted you two to know, I'm proud of you both" my father said and Hanabi and I looked at each other with a smirk. We both wrapped out arms around my father, hugging him tightly. Something we hadn't done since I was a child. We let go off him and his eyes had locked onto Itachis now.
"Itachi" he said cooley.
"Yes, Hiashi" he said, giving him a small bow and then stood back up to look at him.
"You've always been a good kid, you went down a dark path and turned your life around again. It's been a long journey for you and I know your father would be proud of you too" he told him and I could see the tiny flicker of gratitude in his eyes as well.
"Thank you" he said softly. I guess my father was just in a genuinely good mood today, he was just throwing kind words out all over the place.
An hour had passed and everyone had left except for our small family, Tenten included. Except my grandfather has vanished into the compound somewhere.
"How are you feeling?" Hanabi asked Neji who was still quiet. I couldn't stop looking at his forehead. I was so used to seeing the seal on it. It's like it wasn't real that it had vanished.
"My headache is down to a dull ache, I feel different though" he told all of us but kept his eyes on the ground.
"What do you mean?" she asked him.
"I feel weightless, like I don't have an anchor attaching me to this world" he tried to explain it but was struggling.
"I wonder.."Hanabi mumbled and we all looked at her, Neji included. She made the hand sign, the one I have seen to many times and I watched Neji flinch. But nothing happened.
"You're really free now" Hanabi said meekly with a smile.
"Did you really just try that?" Neji asked with a small bit of remorse in his voice.
"It's not like it worked! Calm down" she told him, brushing him off and I withheld my laugh.
"You finally have the life your father wanted for you" my father spoke and instantly grabbed our attention. Neji didn't even speak, he just smiled slightly.
"We always talked about the future of your lives when you were all children and we were right about all three of you" he continued speaking.
"How so?" Hanabi asked him and he sighed a bit. I knew talking about the past always bothered him, he was always discreet about it, except today he was open. For the first time in my entire life, we were a normal family. I could cry, really.
"We knew Neji would be the most gifted Hyuga to be seen in ages, that he was born to push the limits and become the safety of this clan. The fighter who broke free and lead dozens, as we've seen from his current career and constant training" he said, looking at Neji while he was talking.
"Then Hanabi, we knew you would be the backbone of this clan one day. A true leader who saw beyond the limits that were set. To lead our people into a new void, a safe one because you saw the truth and opened the eyes of all around you" he said looking at her and then finally looked at me.
"And Hinata" he said chuckling.
"As soon as you were born, your mother knew you were different. She knew in her soul you were going to be the only one of this clan to push boundaries like no other. You were going to forge a path with the Hyuga name that no one ever saw. You were the glue that held these two together because when you left, they worked harder. You were always destined to be the last piece of the puzzle to make the entire picture" he said to me and I smiled.
"You're very open today, Uncle" Neji said to him and he nodded his head.
"It's the dawn of a new era, the time for change is here," he told us all.
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"When do we get the twins back?" Itachi asked we entered the district.
"The night of their birthday party" I let him know and we continued walking, the sun was just about gone, leaving a really pretty pink in the sky.
"Hey, Hinata" he said to me as we stepped onto the porch. I turned to look at him and he pulled me into him, his arm wrapped around my lower back. He gave me a soft kiss and then looked at me again.
"Will you officially be my girlfriend?" he asked softly and I nodded my head with a smile, kissing him again.
"I didn't think you'd ever ask" I said poking fun at him, today just kept getting better.
He pulled me into the house and kissed me once we were inside. He grabbed my face to deepen the kiss and I let my hands rest on his chest.
"We should go upstairs" I whispered to him between kisses.
"It's just us tonight, Konan is at Kakashis and Neji is at the compound" he said as his hands moved from my face.
We ended up in the bathroom and I was sitting on the bathroom sink while the water warmed up. The top half of my kimono was opened and he slid his hands down to my shoulders, slowly moving the silk off of me.
I felt the air hit my bare chest and he kissed me again but with fire this time. I moved my own hands around his body, focusing on taking his clothes off as well.
We were moving rapidly and soon were naked in the shower, I couldn't get enough of him. I just wanted more. I moved us around to so I was bent over in front of him and he entered me. I softly moaned and he moved faster.
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After the long shower session, we ended up laying down but of course I woke up in the middle of the night.
I rolled over to look out the window to see the moon was bright, casting a small luminous light into the bedroom. I looked at Itachi who was sound asleep and I started tracing his torso with my finger lightly.
It was a long day of training with Itachi, that was his one rule since he offered me to stay in his home. I had to work hard everyday to be the best version of myself and I told myself I could. However at the moment, I was drained and needed to shower.
I still felt a little weird seeing as how it was only a month since that night he found me crying at the tree. I knew the feeling would eventually go away though.
I finished with my shower and got dressed in the bathroom, placing my dirty clothes in the clothes basket in here and headed out for the bed.
He was already laying down and I shut the door behind me. We figured it was just easier to share a bed instead of either of us having neck and back pain from the couch.
"Goodnight Hinata" he said to me and I laid there looking at the ceiling for who knows how long. But, long enough to know he was sound asleep and I rolled onto my side. I moved a little closer because I wanted to lay on him like I did the first night I was here.
I gained the courage to do so and I laid my hand on his chest and just looked at him. I would never understand how I was graced with someone like him. Someone was genuinely nice to me, he just took me in and didn't think twice about it.
I started making light circles on him with my fingers and he shifted a bit. Damn, I hope I didn't wake him. I just wanted to be closer to him.
"Are you okay?" he asked and put his arm around me. I moved myself upwards to look at him, my anxiety was through the roof now. I put my hand on his face gently and moved my face forward so I could just barely hover above his lips. Then I realized I couldn't turn back now and this was probably a bad idea.
But right when I thought otherside, he used his free hand to pull my face into his softly, our first kiss share equally.
I snapped myself out of my thoughts after that and just smiled to myself. I got what I wanted, I got closer to him. No one knew me better now, not a single soul.
I moved myself again just like I had that night and hovered above his lips. He was mine and nothing else mattered right in this moment.
"You're awake" he said softly and I pressed my lips to his lightly.
I kept kissing him so I could move myself on top of him, his hands were rested on my thighs now and I leaned forward, my entire body was covering his. Our faces were inches apart.
"You okay?" he asked me as he shifted all my hair to the left side of my head. I was more than okay, I was happy.
"I love you" I said softly to him and he smiled at me.
"I love you too" he said and I kissed him gently, then I kissed him with passion and he got the hint.
His hands moved up my thighs slowly and moved my shirt while he continued to trail upwards. I licked the bottom of his lip and he granted me access. His hands finally made it to my breasts. He squeezed them a bit and started playing with my nippled. I made a soft moan from in my throat and started rocking my hips on top of his, I wanted him.
He moved his hands away from me and shifted his shorts down enough for me. His hands had made their way back to my chest and I kept myself up with one arm. I put my free hand on his dick so I could maneuver it into the correct position. I slid down slowly and we both grunted lightly in unison.
I finally sat up straight and rocked my hips slowly. He tugged on the bottom of my shirt so I would take it off and that's what I did. I continued to move myself on him while I took my shirt off, letting my breasts spill out. His hands reached for them in seconds time and his thumbs were rolling over my nipples. Making me move faster and my breathing got harder.
That's how we spent a majority of the night, just making love and becoming closer with one another.
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"They look so cute!" Hanabi said, gushing over the twins who were officially a year old today. Kakashi and I had made sure that people knew to gather today so we could announce the twins to everyone. We were doing it in the exact same spot Kakashi became Hokage.
"Yes, they do," I said cheerfully to my sister. They both had matching outfits on, little black onesies, black pants and small white jackets with the Hyuga symbol stitched onto the back of them. Karasus little white hair was put in two pigtails and Sakumos messy spiky dark hair was everywhere. I couldn't believe they were only one and had this much hair. Then again, I had a lot of hair when I was small too.
They were currently both trying to stay standing up on the couch in Kakashi's office while Hanabi stayed near them incase their wobbly legs won.
"Wow, it's weird having them here" Sasuke said, watching them as well.
"Agreed" I said and continued looking at them. Today was going to change everything, everyone was going to know about them and we could finally go into the village with them.
We were just waiting on Itachi to come get us, he was helping above to make sure everything and everyone was in order. All the clan heads were present above, except Hanabi and I'm sure that was a headache on it's own.
Then a knock at the door came and we all looked at each other, hoping it was Itachi. It was still nerve wracking even though nothing could possibly go wrong.
"It's time" we heard Itachi say threw the door and he opened it. I grabbed Sakumo and Hanabi picked up Karasu. Itachi led us up the stairs and Sasuke stayed in the back.
We got to the top where the door was already opened and the first pair of eyes I met were Kakashis. We both gave each a nod in reassurance. It was going to be okay.
We shuffled to the roof and we watched Kakashi walk to front more so only everyone could see him first.
"Well, thank you all for coming here today and I'm sure you're still wondering why. Well, I have an announcement" his voice boomed to all the people and I squeezed Sakumo a little closer to me.
"We have two new additions to the leaf village. It's finally time for you all to meet them!" Kakashi yelled again and finally turned to look at Hanabi and I to start moving.
"Please welcome, my children Sakumo and Karasu Hyuga" he finally yelled as Hanabi and I appeared next to him on each side. The entire village could now see the children and they all looked thrilled.
Although, my eyes scanned the crowd to the clan heads, searching for my grandfather. Even though he couldn't do anything to them, I still needed to see his face.
Then I found him.. He looked pissed. He got up from his seat and left the crowd of people.
"Now, sorry to keep this all from you. It was for their safety! It's been a long year hiding them and I hope you all understand that. But, now our secret is our we're going to celebrate their first birthday!" Kakashi said, ending his little speech.
The entire crowd had yelled congratulations and my heart filled with warmth. They were finally public knowledge and nothing felt better. There were no more secrets, no more surprises and we could all just live normally.
"Oh wow" Kakashi said, once he turned around and took Karasu from Hanabi.
"That was single handedly the most nerve wracking thing I've done in my entire life," he said, sighing and hugged our daughter.
"Let's go celebrate" I said, putting my hand on his shoulder and he nodded his head to walk off.
We had all the birthday festivities in the district and that's where we all started heading back to.
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Getting back to the district while holding my child was an incredible feeling.
"C'mon, you can do this" I said encouragingly to Sakumo as I held his hands so he could move his legs on his own.
"Come on baby" Hanabi said cheerfully from in front of him to get him to focus on her. She and Itachi had walked with me back while everyone else went with Kakashi. I knew we were the last ones to arrive but I was just enjoying every single step we took.
"A few of the clan heads are here now" Itachi said and I looked down into the field.
"Oh wow, I didn't expect more people to come" I said honestly.
"The more the merrier, they want to meet these beautiful babies" Hanabi said, finally stealing my son from me. Twirling him as she picked him up.
"You're probably right" I admitted and moved quicker towards everyone else.
"They're beautiful, Hinata!" I heard a woman say and I turned to see Kurenai and I smiled.
"Thank you," I said, giving her a small bow.
"May I hold one of them?" she asked me and I looked around for them.
"If you can find one of them, go for it" I said laughing a bit. They were going to get so much love and attention today, they're going to pass out tonight.
Then I felt an arm drape over my shoulders and I wrapped my hands around his forearm.
"I was thinking about making some additions to the house so it's better for all of us," Itachi said, pulling me into him for a short hug.
"Really?" I asked, finally looking at him.
"Yes, I already have the blueprints ready to go, you're gonna love it," he told me, giving me a small smile.
Don't worry guys, there is more drama to come in the next chapter of Itachis ending. I hope you all liked this because damn, I had fun writing it. So, If I did my math write, there is only three more chapters left for Itachi and Kakashi endings, so six in total. I'm sad about it but everything had an ending. But, let me know how you guys are feeling & I'm super rude because I never said it but happy new years!