"HEY!"Natsuki yells back to Hikari."Keep up!"Pushing off the branch, Hikari semi-lagging behind hurries to catch up.
Though she kept looking back over her shoulder, worried and conflicted. Kaito wasn't with them, he left but Onyx stayed. He ordered his companion to. The hawk was up above ahead with Natsuki. The young girl wondered, she wondered if he had made it back...safely. And cousins. Two days ago he left to take them back to the village, allowing Natsuki and herself to go up ahead. A hard knot formed in her stomach, twist tighter and tighter with each past thought. But, it was more so from the fear and guilt that pulled in her from the information Kaito would be delivering to everyone once he returned. She never felt so horrible, he was going to have to her reprimanding in place of her. As he relied everything to everyone.
All the information she had and knew. Flashes of different scenarios came flooding in her mind, she couldn't think straight. The pressure of it all was just too much. Her body began to tremble with anxiety. Overwhelmed by so much, her mind and body just shut down and she fell from the trees. Luckily, Onyx's sharp eyes saw her and alerted Natsuki.
"SHIT!"She stops and rushes to the panic girl's aide.
Gaara was in one of his meetings, it was nearing noon when a visitor came in, politely interrupting the council members. All of the members rose respectfully to you. Even though you felt it not necessary, you give them each a pleasant smile. Apologizing too.
"Forgive me. Gaara."you look to your husband. He could see in your eyes you needed to talk to him about something. The matter was important, from the look you had."Could we talk about something?"
"Gaara, I have this."Kankuro tells him.
Gaara gives his brother a grateful nod and goes over to you. Escorting you out up to his office. He quickly gets you a chair to sit and comes to your side."Is everything alright?"He asked worried and attentive. Looking you over."Is-"
You place a hand on your stomach."I'm fine. There is nothing to worry about, the little ones are fine. That is not what I wanted to talk to you about."Though he was relieved he still wanted to know what it was."Hikari's birthday is coming up soon. She'll be ten."
"That's right."Gaara remembered. Quickly glancing at the picture of her on his desk. Her first day at the Academy. Smiling. He smiles softly and turns back to you."May? What's wrong?"He noticed the mixture of happiness and nervousness. Your firm on his his hand tighten, shaking just a bit.
Even though you smiled, he could see what you wanted to say, was hurting you. Causing you some sort of pain. It wasn't physical, it was emotional."Gaara..."you pause."We've given Hikari everything, but I want to give her something...I want us, with your blessing to give her something even better...I've researched it over and over again. Though I cannot preform the jutsu, I can do it another way."
Taking in a deep breath, you tell him. He listen while his eyes widen from what you said. Though you smiled, he knew you wanted to cry. This was why you seem nervous and scared. You finish and look at him to see what he would say. Hoping his answer would be the one you wanted to hear.
Holding your hand tightly in his, he brings it to his lips and kisses it firmly. Smiling at you understanding."That's wonderful gift. Yes."
Exalted from his response, you hug him."Thank you, Gaara."He kisses the top of your head.
"...You're welcome."
"Are you serious?!"
"But I thought..."
"Mmmm...Quite interesting..so the child did grow."
"Yeah. He took them back to the village, I said she could come."
"She's staying here. Since we know where they are now. Let her rest and send her back to her family."
"She's not going to like that."
"I don't care. The last thing I need to have happen is May family being taken away from her. I won't let it happen again."
The voices woke Hikari, everything for a second was a blur, but soon became clear. Sitting up slowly, she looks around trying to get familiar with her surroundings. One thing was sure, she had no idea where she was. Besides the fact she was laying on a bed. It seem like a medical one, like the one in the hospitals. Tossing the cover off, she refocuses on the voices that woke her. She knew only one of them, Natsuki's, the others not really. Well one seem vaguely familiar. Getting out of bed, she slightly staggers out. Coming into full consciousness, when heard she was to be taken back.
"NO! Don't send me!"she objects in rage."I-I can't go back!"Activating her eyes with intent to put up a fight."I will make right, what I have done wrong. I-I need to.."
A dark figure steps over to her, their presence was imposing and intimating. Their dark eyes stare down at her, she looks up at them. Glaring back as hard as she could, she didn't care who they where. To her, they where nothing but wall in their way and she strikes them with rage. They quickly move and grab her wrist in a blink of an eye. She nearly gasped. This person was much faster than Natsuki. Shocked and stun. She returns quickly back to be enraged and twist around to strike again. They move again and in one quick motion strike her in the side. Causing her to fall to her knees. Nearly knocking the air out of her. That strike was swift and it hurt. Not too much, just enough to stun her.
Everyone in the room went silent."You didn't have to do that."Natsuki chaste them, going over to Hikari helping her. Looking her over."Geez, pretty good."She praises them, while helping Hikari get her breathing back.
Heaving juts a bit and catching her breath, Hikari looks to Natsuki at a lost and still stun from what happened. Who the heck was this person? That managed to in just a single blow, put her out of breath? Refusing to her hold her side, to show the pain. She sucks it in and stands tall.
"She's very resistant."They say about her."No doubt like her mother."They move closer to Hikari, their dark eyes looking into her golden orbs."Yet. Seems to also inherit her mother's stubbornness too."
Natsuki snickers and leans on Hikari."And her father's arrogance."Pinching Hikari's cheek."Ain't that right?"
Growling, Hikari glares at her to be flicked in the forehead by the young woman."It's not arrogance. It's pride."She says."And you, telling me I am not allow to go. You have no right to tell me otherwise."She turns her attention back to the one before. To this man. She didn't know why, but he looked rather familiar. Just vaguely. The other faces around her, she just didn't know."Just who are you anyway?"
She's grown so much. Sasuke looks down at Hikari before him. She really did have her mother's eyes. Raising his only hand brings it in soft hand chop on her head, not hard.
"Sasuke Uchiha."he introduces himself to her."Your shadow. Or in another name, your uncle."
What did he just say? Hikari was stun by this, but quickly disburses what he said."You're not my uncle or whatever you call yourself."She snaps. Pointing a finger."So don't pretend. I don't know who you are, nor do I care. You're just in my way. All of you."She glares at the others. Activating her eyes, burning with fury to hide what was the true reason.
"Hard to believe this is May's child."Suigetsu said then whispers to himself."If it where mine...WHOA!"He moves out the way just before Hikari struck him with her Gentle Fist."Geez!? What the Hell!?"
Hikari paid his outburst no mind and goes to strike again, he managed to liquefy that part of him. Shocking her as she fell through, wet. Baffled for a second, she goes right back to attacking, to be suddenly blocked by Sasuke and restrained back by Natsuki.
The girl tries to struggle to get out, but Natsuki wouldn't let her."L-Let me go."Hikari hisses, sounding more like pouting.
"You need to calm down."Natsuki warns her."No one here is against you."
"Then why won't you let me go? I have to do this."She retorts back. Still struggling to get out. But Natsuki's restraint wouldn't allow.
Having enough of this, Sasuke takes control. And orders Hikari to be silent. With sternness and anger."Enough."It silenced and stopped her, she looks at him and freezes seeing his black eyes now red. Staring hard while his face remained unreadable. But, she knew he wasn't playing around anymore and wasn't going to tolerate her behavior. There was also something else.
Sasuke quickly eyes Natsuki to let her go, the young woman does so. Though stays close just in case. Standing over the young Hyuga, Sasuke's eyes soften just a bit, but remain hard and serious.
"Why do you have to do this?"he simply asked.
It was the dead of night, everyone was sleeping in Konoha. Except for one, a shadow quietly leaps over the roof tops quickly. Entering a open window, slipping in like wind, careful to make sure they did not make a single noise. Their eyes turn to the one resting in the hospital bed, next to the bassinet. They had just gave birth to the infant. About three days ago, from the letter they where sent.
A baby girl. Reading the name on the outside of the bassinet, Hyuga Hikari. The little baby had a patch of dark brown hair inherited from her father, and seemingly her facial structure too though with her mother's soft features. The little one was sleeping just like their mother. Turning their onyx eyes to the teen mother laying there no doubt still tired from the birth. Remembering what they read from the note. Her body seemingly shut down after the birth and needed to rest greatly in order to heal. It would take some time, that was to be expected considering her biology structure. Wasn't human, it did surprise them she actually was able to produce an offspring, remembering how she was when she was pregnant before they left the village. Nearly tired all the time.
There was not a day that went by, their minds didn't wonder and worry about their condition even though they did receive periodic updates about her condition. Still didn't ease their concerns and worry. Seeing her physically told him that everything was alright.
Sighing to himself Sasuke was relieved to know. Resting his hand upon May's head, he gently strokes it. Stopping when she shivered. Realizing she was cold pulls the blanket over her a bit more. Tucking her in. It was the least he could, though it was a small protection, it was protection none the less. Any kind.
With a few more strokes he turns around to Hikari, hard to believe the last time he saw her, she was in her mother's belly. Raising two fingers he gently pokes her forehead. The baby coos softly, slowly opening her eyes. Her bright eyes like her mother's for a second to close them. Yawning, squirming under her blanket, kicking it off just a bit. Sasuke covers her and places a gentle hand on her stomach to calm her. It worked. She went back to sleep, he smiles to himself.
It drops when he hears voices outside, he looks to the door. Seeing the shadows walk by. Going back Hikari, pokes her forehead once again. This time adding a for her to hear.
May's eyes open suddenly, feeling a presence in the room. Sitting up alert looks to Hikari first, her child was unharmed. No need to panic, still she was sure she felt a presence. Looking around the room, pass the gifts upon the wall and balloons. Trying to sense them, to sense no one. No one was there.
Strange. Looking back to Hikari, her daughter sleeping just fine. With nothing to be concerned about, she starts to go back to sleep when she noticed something. Upon the nightstand next to the bed.
A flower. Not just any flower, no it was a special kind. There was only one person who leave this kind of flower. Smiling to herself, knowing who it was now, rest easy and goes back to sleep. Happy and thankful.
"Thank you, Sasuke."
Outside the hospital Sasuke looking up at the window, seemingly heard May thanks. Smiles to himself, creating a portal and leaves.