Author: Silver Star Dragon
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Pairings:
Main: Hinata/Gaara
Past: Hikaru/Hiashi, Mai/Mamoru
Secondary: Ino/Shino, Timoko/Genma
Rating: PG-13 (May go higher)
Timeline: Hinata is nearing her 19th birthday.
White Dove's Legacy
If you ask anyone who Hinata looked like the most, they would say she looks exactly like her mother. If you asked who she took after the most, they would say her mother. Hinata was her mother's daughter. She had inherited much of her looks, from her waist length purple hair to her curves and height. Just like her mother though, she suffered as a Hyuga Clan member.
Today however was a day that she dreaded. It was the day of the formal Hyuga Council meeting. She was dressed her in her mother's favorite formal kimono. It was lavender silk with silver and white doves flying over an ocean blue hem. A very rich golden obi held the kimono closed with soft lavender socks. She had put her hair up using a silver clip shaped like a dove. She wore her mother's silver locket with a gold dove around her neck. She wanted to feel safe because she knew she wasn't. This meeting was about her. She was being judged.
Standing outside of the Council meeting room, was her cousin and her sister. Neji wore a dark red kimono with blue dots sprinkled everywhere and a black obi to hold it closed. His coffee-colored hair was loose and he wore a bandage over his Caged Bird Seal. Hanabi wore a deep purple kimono with silver dots. Her deep green obi had slashes of silver going all thru it. Her hair was loose as well. If anyone was noticing, as Neji was, she was glaring daggers into Hinata's back.
"I can't wait for this meeting to end." Mostly because I know the outcome. Hinata thought smugly.
"You should be silent Hanabi," Neji snapped. He knew that something wasn't right. Hanabi gave him a dirty look. She was about to make him suffer horribly, when a servant opened the doors to the Council chamber. Was it Hinata's imagination, or the servant send her a sad look. She was not stupid. This would not end.
Hinata stood in front of a semi-circle of Clan members. Her father, being Lord of the Hyuga Clan sat in the middle. His face was stern and unreadable. To his right, sat his second wife and Hanabi's mother, Hisa. She had a look of triumph on her face. Hanabi was ordered to sit in on the left side. The left side of Hiashi was reserved for the Heir. With Hanabi there, told her everything that she needed to know.
"Lady Hinata, daughter of Lord Hiashi and Hikaru Kuraku," Yuuma, Elder and Hisa's father began. Hinata noted that her father's eyes tightened when Yuuma did not call her mother 'Lady'. "It has come to our attention that you have remained a Chunin while your younger sister, Hanabi is a Jonin. We can not and will not accept this. Therefore, you have been judged unfit to lead the Hyuga Clan."
"I-I und-understand." Hinata said softly.
"Look at you! Unable to stop this pathetic stuttering." Yuuma looked down at her, even though she was standing up.
"Since Hinata is no longer to be my Heir," Hiashi said quietly. "I will abide by the rules of the contract set down between the Hyuga Clan and the Kuraku Clan and will give Hinata to the Kuraku Clan. My wife, Lady Hikaru expressed orders to have her things and Hinata's personal possessions sent to the Kuraku Clan."
"I'm afraid sending Hinata is the Kuraku Clan is impossible." Yuuma said with gentle venom. "Hinata belongs to the Hyuga Clan, not that worthless Clan. If you, Lord Hiashi, had not married that girl this would not have happened. Hinata is to be put in the Secondary Branch with a seal and is now a servant." Hinata felt fear. Horrible, sickening, fear. Hisa and Hanabi both had a look of triumph. Neji was outraged. Hiashi looked silently pissed.
Was there no one to save her?
The doors were shoved in almost ripped off their hinges. Two ANBU wolves walked in, followed by Mai Kuraku, Shibi Aburame, and four of the six daughters.
"Excuse me, my Lords and Ladies, but I think you are intending to harm a member of my Clan," Mai's voice was silky soft, but there was a hint of cold and darkness. "Do not consider it further. Hinata belongs to the Kuraku Clan."
"HOW DARE YOU ENTER HERE?" Yuuma roared. The wolves stood on either side of Hinata and were protecting her.
"You forget yourself. I am here for my Clan."
"You have no Clan here, Mai." The room became very dark and very, very cold.
"We are not on intimate terms, Yuuma. You have forgotten yourself a great deal. I have the contract right here. It is signed and sealed with the Council's approval. If you go back, I'll make sure to ruin you." Mai glared around the room. She held Hiashi's gaze. Was he not Clan Lord?
"That contract is worthless." Hisa hissed. "You can not walk in here and inform us to give up this worthless child. Worthless as that contract."
"Silence." The word rolled off the tongue of one of the wolves. It was dark enough to caused Hisa to shut up quickly. "We were sent here under orders of the Hokage. She has ordered Hinata to be removed from Hyuga custody and placed into Kuraku custody."
"Lady Mai." Lord Hiashi stood up. It was time to take command of this meeting. "Take Hinata into your care. I, Hiashi Hyuga, Lord over the Hyuga Clan disown my daughter, Hinata and remove her from the rank of Clan Heir. She is hereby given to the Kuraku Clan as a ward of Mai Kuraku."
"Heard and witnessed." The wolves intoned. Shibi Aburame echoed them. Mai walked over to Hinata.
"Hinata? I am Mai Kuraku. Call me Mai, just Mai. I am your godmother. Now I want you to go to your room, get anything that either you have brought, was a gift, or belongs to your mother. My daughters Tukiyo and Hazuki will go with you to help you."
"B-but..." Hinata felt sick and weak.
"I understand that this is sudden. I will explain everything to you once we are safe. For now, please go." Hinata nodded and went to follow the two girls. She looked back at her father, only to see him stareing back coldly. Bowing her head she led the two girls away. She was dimly aware that they were all look-alikes.