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With the birth of Sabaku no Hena, there was too be a gathering of the five Kage to welcome her as a member of Sunakagure's royal family. Hinata was not too happy about the sudden decision that the elders of the village persuaded her husband into doing. There was never such an event to recognize her unless you counted that small party Kankuro arranged when they were first married congratulating them, it had been a charming event and very private so the fact that she would have to publically present her daughter didn't settle well with her.
Gaara didn't approve of the idea at all. His feelings about the gathering were the same as his wife. There was no need to display his daughter, who was now a month old to the whole world. And yet the damn elders had wanted to show off their sources of power, nothing more nothing less. It was all just a selfish way of bragging about how the Kazekage now had an heir that would potentially be the most powerful shinobi in the village just like all the other Kage that had come before. This wasn't the first time that Suna's elders and council had tricked him into doing their biddings. They were the ones that practically manipulated everything and everyone. Gaara knew this well, the last victim to feel this had been his own father. A lot of the choices that he made in the past had been influenced by what the council suggested. Gaara had tried very hard to ignore what those damn people wanted of him, but sometimes he had no choice but to submit for the greater good of the village and its people.
Invitations had already been sent to the other Kages and they had the nerve to do this without telling him ahead of time. Sadly there was nothing that Gaara could do. His daughter would be presented in two weeks to the leaders of the other four great nations. It was a terrible idea, and one that was poorly thought of.
"Gaara-dana surly there's something that can be done to stop this".
He didn't respond to her as he offered his finger to Hena who took it in her small hand. He was angry and his wife knew this. She didn't know how to calm him down though, she rested her head on his shoulder watching as their baby played with her father's hand.
"Damn them, they always do this. They think that just because I'm Kazekage they'll assume that I'll go along with anything that they come up with!".
The redhead's brow deepened, he was really angry. It was bad enough he had enough problems to take care of the last thing that he needed was more. There was always a catch to these kinds of things; and Gaara was well aware of the dangers that could possibly happen. Exposing a baby out in the open was risky there were plenty of people that would give to kill Hena, she was a person of deep significance and as such he knew what to expect.
"If I hear one more fucking request from them I'll won't hesitate to kill! All those shitty ideas of theirs make me sick I could-" "Gaara!" Hinata scolded him with a disapproving expression "Language! And please don't shout in front of Hena". He quickly looked down to their daughter's frightened expression and immediately his body relaxed. "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to raise my voice". He kissed Hinata's cheek softly before kissing Hena's forehead. The bluenette cupped his face with her hand and kissed his lips gently, she knew that he didn't mean it, and she could understand completely why he was so angry at the moment. The best thing that she could do at the moment was try to calm him down.
"I don't like to see you this way".
It was the truth, she hated seeing her husband so angry. It made her feel terrible.
She brushed some of his hair out of his eyes before taking Hena into her arms. "I wish not to go through with this either but all we can do now is hope that everything will be better in the future". She gave him one last kiss before leaving their bedroom to settle their daughter down for the evening. Gaara closed his eyes in thought for a moment, a couple of days ago one of his anbu reported that the mystery woman had once again appeared this time in one of the smaller out skirted towns in the Land of Wind. And this troubled him greatly, he had way too many things that needed his attention so by the request of Shikamaru he had left him in charge for the time being. Although it wasn't like Shikamaru had time to spare either, Temari had recently found out that she was pregnant and would be adding to the family. While Gaara was happy that his older sister was to be blessed with a family of her own, he knew that Shikamaru was her main source of reliance and he couldn't be distracted with other matters. Especially when he was to be a father in the upcoming months.
Sasuke was a different matter. He had only stayed in Suna for a week before claiming that he was heading back to Konoha before continuing on his travels. He had provided some information regarding the Hyuga but any more details he would have to wait until he saw Naruto.
Neji had also been keeping him informed, occasionally he would receive letters from him that tried to cover as much as possible. It seemed as though Hiashi had been keeping quite lately, while the news wasn't exactly thrilling it was enough to reassure him that he could at least for now turn his attention to another Hyuga. Recently Hanabi had asked if she could go back to Konoha for a while. When he asked her why, her excuse was that she wanted to take care of some unfinished business. Gaara wasn't aware of Hanabi's plan to kill Hiashi but he definitely suspected that she was up to no good and lead her under the impression that he would consider sending her back.
He stayed like that for a good while before deciding to find his wife.
The first place he checked was Hena's nursery only to discover that she wasn't there. Picking up her all to familiar chakra signature he found her on one of the balconies staring out into the vast empires of the night sky. She seemed so peaceful, like she didn't have a care in the world. He approached her from behind wrapping his arms around her waist she smiled softly to herself not bothering to turn around, already knowing that he was there. Instead she leaned back into his chest and sighed a little in content which in turn caused him to smile. It had been a long time since Gaara had the chance to hold his wife like this; too many thing had been happening to prevent him from having some quality alone time with her. He loved her, and occasionally he felt bad that he couldn't provide the attention that she needed.
"I thought I'd find you out here".
"I like the view".
"It is rather nice".
"Hmm very".
Hinata closed her eyes for a moment just savoring the feel of the moment. She was fighting her own battles also. She had been wanting to talk with Hanabi for a long time but her younger sister was very unpredictable. Hanabi had never learned to channel her anger in a good kind of way and every time Hinata had wanted to tell her about their mother she couldn't work up the nerve to do it. Hell, she didn't even know if her sister would have a change of heart when she told her of their mother. But time was ticking and if she didn't want a disaster to happen she would have to act fast. Sensing his wife's nervousness Gaara tightened his grip on her.
"Hinata?"
"Yes?"
"Would you tell me of your mother".
"Oh!"
How did he know what she was thinking? She blinked twice in confusion before deciding to come clean. Gaara would be respectful and eventually she would've had to tell him also. It wasn't like she could keep her past a secret for very long.
Her gentle voice left out no details as she told Gaara everything. Hinata's mother had originally been a member of the branch family, but she and Hiashi had known each other since they were kids. They were somewhat close, one might even say that they were friends but there was always something between Hinata's mother Hena and Hiashi's younger twin brother Hizashi that got in the way of everything. Since both where branch members the Hyuga had expected them to eventually wed and Hena would've been fine with this had Hiashi not grown jealous of the relationship between her and Hizashi. But because Hiashi was older and a member of the main family next in line to rule over, he wanted Hena to be his future spouse. He felt a bit threatened by his brother and he took great care to make sure that her mother stayed away from Hizashi by all means possible. Eventually Hena was forced to destroy the bond that she had created with Hizashi and that broke her heart, even though she cared for Hiashi she could never stop herself from forgetting about Hizashi. It was very much possible that she might have even been in love with him.
When her parents did marry Hena soon gave birth to Hinata a year afterwards and while she was a good wife and mother she still didn't feel happy. She couldn't bring herself to move on and would often seek out Hizashi when she was positive that Hiashi wasn't looking. This continued for some time until Hanabi was born. And while Hena was happy to have another daughter, what she really wanted was to birth Hizashi's child, so about a few months after Hanabi's birth Hena started an affair with Hizashi which Hiashi eventually did find out about and his heart grew cold. To ashamed of her guilt, Hena committed suicide knowing that she would leave her daughters to fend for themselves. But she couldn't bear the idea of living with all the sins of her doing eating her from the inside.
"Father really did love mother, but I guess she never truly loved him and that's why he took his anger out on us. It was his way of getting back at my mother for her betrayal".
Gaara was at a loss for what to say.
But it was all starting to make sense now at least. But that still didn't excuse the hatred that he displayed towards his daughters, it wasn't even their fault to begin with.
"How do you know all this?"
"Um..." she blushed a bit.
"Well?"
"I kinda snooped around for the answers when I was younger, and when father thought I was old enough he told me only after I swore not to reveal it to anyone".
Her response made him chuckle a bit, he never thought that his wife of all people would be the type to dig around for that sort of stuff. She seemed far too sweet for that. The peace was broken when the couple heard their daughter cry in the next room "Please don't tell Hanabi, I want her to hear it from me". Gaara kissed her briefly "Hinata you can't keep delaying forever". "Yes I know...I'll tell her after the gathering I promise I will".
Two weeks went by faster then she thought and Hinata was finishing adjusting the final bits and pieces of her kimono with a grim look on her face.
She really didn't want to go through this and she had this uneasy feeling that something was going to happen. The feeling buzzed in the back of her mind and she couldn't shake it off like normal. Mainly she was concerned for her sister; she made a promise to tell her of their mother at the end of the event and that was making her nervous as hell. Hanabi was still unpredictable and she had no idea how she could get her to listen in a reasonable manner. For a brief moment she considered waiting a little longer but then mentally slapped herself. She had put if off long enough and it was high time that her sister knew the truth weather she liked it or not.
Gaara entered their bedroom with his usual stoic face. He looked quite handsome in his crimson robes that had been made for tonight, but that wouldn't change his mood. The red head took in his wife, she was wearing a dark blue kimono with a green obi there were intricate patterns of swirls that covered the fabric and her hair was in a very elaborate hairstyle with her face bearing just the right amount of make-up. His briefly had a déjà vu moment from when he first saw her like this from a long time ago. Instead he gave her a warm smile as he took her in his arms. "Your beautiful". He said gently; Hinata gave him a small smile trying very hard not to let him see the discomfort in her eyes "Thank you". Of course he saw past that, and Hinata scolded herself on the inside. There were not that many things that got past her husband and her emotional wants and desires were one of them.
"Hinata it's going to be fine".
"Gaara-dana I don't know maybe-"
"I'll be right beside you. Don't worry I'm not going to let anything happen to you or Hena".
She merely nodded before picking up Hena who had been lying on their bed, looking rather cute in her small pale blue kimono. "Alright then".
There were a lot of people that had attended the celebration. And there were so many people to greet, Gaara having experiences with these kinds of things mainly did most of the talking. Hinata was very uncomfortable as she stood by her husband's side holding her precious daughter. She most definitely didn't want to be here at the moment; but all she could do was smile mingle with all the important people who had attended.
She was a bit surprised when her cousin was not present. She thought for sure that he would have volunteered to act as an escort for the Hokage or something, how strange.
Her nerves were slightly put at ease when she saw Naruto. It had been a while since she had last saw her friend and she was happy to know that he was doing fine. She even congratulated him when he told them that Sakura was to be expecting a boy in a few months. Her dear friend was to have a family of his own in a while and it pleased her to know that Naruto was thriving. The blonde Hokage instantly took a liking to Hena, who wouldn't fall for that little face in an instant she was just so cute! When Gaara asked Naruto if there was anything to report, all the blonde could do was admit that he didn't know what Hiashi was planning seeing how nothing had happened for a while and that annoyed him greatly. But in a Naruto-like fashion he gave them a thumbs up and reassured them that he would make sure that the Hyuga kept quiet for the greater good. The other Kage had been a different story, she was forced to make light conversation in order to show her status as the Kazekage's wife and she hated that. All Hinata wanted was to leave with her family and retire for the night. The bluenette had that uneasy feeling build up within her the longer she stayed and it was starting to get to her.
Gaara knew when he wife was feeling distressed so he excused himself from his conversation with the Raikage and pulled his wife outside taking Hena in his arms.
"Hinata are you alright?"
"I...I don't know I sense that there's something about to happen but I have no idea what it is. Oh Gaara I'm so sorry to be such a bother but I can't help it".
The redhead wrapped one arm around her waist while the other one supported Hena and he peppered her forehead with kisses hoping that would calm her down.
"Try to relax, we still have a little longer to go".
Hinata leaned against her husband for comfort, she hated to be a pest especially in front of so many important attendants. Gaara rubbed her arm "Do you feel better now?" She shrugged "I'm not sure".
If it where up to him, he'd leave at once with his wife and baby. But because they still had to interact with the other Kage for a bit longer he had no choice but to give his wife a pep talk before walking back with her inside. He didn't like it anymore then she did, but they had no choice. For the rest of the time Gaara kept his wife close to him while making conversation and this continued until one of his guards interrupted his talk and pulled him aside, it must've been urgent there wouldn't have been an interruption otherwise.
"What is it?"
"Lord Gaara, it's Lady Hinata's younger sister Hanabi she's escaped!".
That seems like a good place to stop.
Next chapter I'll try to make it a bit longer. I finally know where I want to take this, so bear with me guys I'm really trying to make this good.
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