The truth

( Hinata's point of view )

Sasuke storms out of the office in rage. I look at Tsunade and see she's on the verge of tears, she stands up and screams at Sasuke to come back but it falls on deaf ears. I walk towards her. And try to comfort her.

She pulls away from me and walks toward the window and looks out, I do the same and see Sasuke's car driving out toward the street.

Tsunade starts to freak out, she starts babbling but I don't understand her she's talking too fast, I calm her down and make her sit down.

"W-We have to go and stop Sasuke," she says in between her sobs. "W-Why... where is Sasuke going?" I ask.

She looks at me and swallows a lump in her throat "He's going to his father's house! We have to stop him before he hurts him!" she screams.

"W-What?" I say confused, she continues to freak out. I stand up and step away from her and take out my phone and call Itachi. I tell him what's happening he tells me his father's address telling me to meet him there, I take one last look at Tsunade and walk out of the room. I run out to my car and try to get there as fast as I can.

When I get there Itachi is getting out of his car, we both run up to the door, its open Itachi goes in first and calls out for Sasuke.

We don't get a response he walks further inside, the house is huge almost as big as the Hyuga household. He leads me into his father's study. There we see his father on the floor unconscious, he's covered in bruises and blood. Itachi gets down and starts to check his vitals while I call an ambulance.

When the ambulance gets there Itachi goes with them. He tells me that his dad needs immediate medical attention and in the meantime, I should go look for Sasuke.

I remember Sasuke's words, 'I like to coming up here, it's like an escape for me'. I get inside my car and drive back to the office. When I get there I go up to the roof. There I see someone sitting down leaning against the side of the building.

I slowly walk to the person and see its Sasuke, I sit down next to him. We both stay silent, he doesn't acknowledge my presence. After a couple of minutes, he finally opens his mouth.

"Is he okay?" Sasuke says breaking the silence, I look at him but he looks straight ahead. I look ahead also, "For the most part... Itachi said he's going to need stitches" I say.

"Are you okay?" I say still looking ahead. He looks at me, I meet his gaze and he looks down at his hands. I follow his eyes and see his hands are all bloody and bruised. Before he has a chance to move them away I move and sit in front of him and take his right hand.

I take my purse and pull out a first aid kit I keep in there in a case of emergency's and begin to clean and wrap his hands in bandages.
As I finish wrapping his left hand, "I didn't mean to hit him so hard" he confesses while looking down at his hand.

I look at him and see a sincere look on his face. "I just got so mad," he says. "Why?" I ask, I know he doesn't really like Tsunade so I doubt he would hurt his dad so much for her sake, there is something more.

He continues to look at his hands, "It's because of my mom" he says I look at him confused, I know Tsunade isn't his real mom I heard rumors that she died when he was young.

"What does she have to do with this?" I ask and look up at him. He doesn't meet my gaze, he continues to stare at his hands with a distant look in his eyes. "He used to do the same thing to her" he whispers.

My heart sinks, "W-what," I say without realizing. I continue to look at Sasuke, he has the same expression on his face as a helpless child would. I never thought I would see such a look on him, not the great Sasuke Uchiha. "He used to beat my mother... And I could never do a thing about it... I would hear her scream and cry in pain... A couple of times I even saw him do it too... he always had this look on his face when he did it" he whispers.

"It was as if he were proud of what he was doing... Like beating the shit out of his wife in front of their son was an accomplishment... He enjoyed doing it... He enjoyed knowing that his family was terrified of him..." he whispers and suddenly stands up the small helpless child gone.

"S-Sasuke are you okay?" I say, he keeps his back to me. Not answering me. "W-Where was Itachi?" I ask. He lets out a humorless chuckle "Itachi doesn't even know... he was busy in medical school," he says.

He looks at me, "Do you know how my mother died?" he asks me with a serious face. I start to think, I remember hearing my father talking about once when I was young.

"Didn't she die in a car accident?" I say not completely sure. He keeps his gaze on me, "That's what everyone thinks... even Itachi thinks that but that's not true" he says and walks toward the edge of the building.

I walk toward him and stand next to him, I look at him. "...What happened to her?" I ask hesitantly. He stays quiet for a couple of moments "She killed herself... I came home from school one day and found her in her room with her wrist slit..." he whispers.

I gasp and cover my mouth with my hands. "My father hired some people and made it look like she had died in a car crash," he says then looks at me.

"Only 3 people know the truth, my father, me and now you" he whispers. "W-Why are you telling me this?" I ask not wanting to know anymore.

He steps closer to me and puts his hand on my cheek, "Hinata if something ever happens to me I need you to tell people the truth about what happened to my mother" he whispers. "What... But nothing is going to happen to you... right?" I say. He doesn't answer me, "Promise me Hinata," he says.

A single tear goes down my cheek thinking about something bad happening to Sasuke, "I-I promise Sasuke..." I say.

He gives me a small smile and wipes away the tear. We begin to hear sirens, I look out into the parking lot and see cop cars. "Shit" I hear Sasuke hiss, "How did they know where you were?" I say still looking at them. "I have no idea..."