Behind These Eyes

Should I….Should I not….Should I…..arg…

11:00 flashed on here clock as a 16 year old girl paced back and forth, thinking of whether or not to accept the offer of the old Hyuugan male. "At times like these, I wish I had a flower to pick," She said to herself glumly, her head drooping down.

"I have an hour to make up my mind. That's right. An hour." She said nervously, glancing back at the clock that read 11:04. "Really it's 56 minutes, but hey…who's counting?" She said laughing nervously to herself.

She continued pacing back and forth, trying to come up with a decision.

41 minutes later……

"Should I…..Should I not…Should I…..arg…" she said to herself, pulling on her golden strands of hair tangling it even more from the past pulling. "This decision could change the very fate of my life. From being a small kunoichi from a family of nobodies to a noble and royal family of wealth and riches. Hadn't I already told myself this ten minutes ago? Hadn't I said that line ten minutes ago. I swear I said that one too….ARG!" She yelled to herself tugging at the hairs on her head once more.

15 minutes later….

"So have you made up your mind yet?" A man of high stature said from outside the door. Quickly, Ino ran for her brush she got from Shikamaru and quickly brushed the hairs she tangled while making up her mind. "One second…" She yelled out at the man, hoping to

stall for more time.

After two minutes of waiting, the Hyuugan knocked, or rather pounded on the poor door screaming, "Now listen. Open the do-" "Hello, Hyuuga-san," Ino said replying quickly after Hiashi started to get impatient with the sweetest smile a person can have while being nervous…a rather….creepy one at that.

"I-I-I believe I have made up my mind about the whole ordeal." She said shakily, nervous about the whole process, her smile fading away. She let Hiashi into her room and let him, once again, sit at her drawer chair.

"Yes, go on…" Hiashi said, tapping his fingers on her drawer, waiting for the words he wants to hear.

"Well, I believe th-that I can be-no w-will be a Hyuuga member." She said sounding almost like Hinata. "I-I choose to…ac-c-cept the offer," She said like trying to spit out the word accept almost if her body did not want to become a Hyuugan body and want to stay a normal body while the mind was trying to force to reply yes.

"Hmm…Sounds almost like Hinata, but you will do." He said activating his Byakugan. "Now please, take off your shirt,"

SLAP

"I should take this in a…different approach shouldn't I," He said, his arms crossed in front of his chest, another red slap mark covering his right cheek. "At least, lift up the back of your shirt to express your back. You may keep the bandages on if you like," He said uncrossing his arms, starting at the Yamanaka girl with white eyes, the Byakugan unexposed.

Hastily, she lifted the back of her shirt far enough so that if the bandages were not there, the kanji 'fate' would show completely.

"Good…"he said to himself, looking at the back contently. "You….do know where the seal is located on your back right? I need to now a general area on your back where it is located in order to release the seal." He said placing his index and middle finger of his right hand on her back. "Now tell me if I am touching the seal," He said moving his two fingers around the back.

"You better not to try anything fishy old man," She said rudely, as the older man moved his two fingers all over her back. "Wait...Stop!" She said loudly as Hiashi, stopped his fingers in their tracks. "Go a bit lower….yes! That's the spot!" She said causing her father to wonder what they were going on about. A father has to worry when a man older than 40 is touching his only daughter while she is saying 'that's the spot'.

The seal was located under her left shoulder blade, completely covered by the bandages that were once under her purple top.

"Byakugan," He said silently, reactivating the Byakugan after turning off from the slap. Horse, Sheep, Dog, Rat, Tiger, Sheep, Snake… "Release!" He yelled loud enough to wake the whole neighborhood, and once again, cause worry into the girl's father. Using his middle and index finger, he strikes the seal like he was fighting an opponent and messing with his chakra. His left his two fingers pressing the covered kanji for three seconds as the seal started to glow.

"What…what...what's happening?" Ino yelled out, her eyes wide in shock as her back began to shine in a bright white light. "Heh, you're becoming one of us…"

"Where…where…where am I? And why do I feel….stronger? And my vision….it…it's become stronger as well!" She said looker around her room from the bed she laid in. It was her room. Surprisingly, it was all….as clear as a whistle as some say it.

"That is because you now have the Hyuugan eye. Sure, you do not have the full potential of it, but you still have it." A man beside her bed stated. "You are now, part of the Hyuuga clan officially and are now the heir to the throne. I will now force Hinata to leave the house for you-" "Wait….what! You never said Hinata has to go as well! You just said I would become heir! Never about Hinata having...having….having to leave so I can be in. I'm sure you have enough room in there!" She yelled out sitting up from the bed, yelling at Hiashi.

"You see, in the rules of the Hyuuga clan, if the current heir to the throne is not able to actively lead the clan by the age of 16, then he or she must leave the house of our clan while the new heir will take the rightful throne. Also in Hyuuga law, whenever the current heir to the throne that cannot become the heir until their 16th birthday is unable to become heir simply because of age, because another person has taken the chair due to unexplained circumstances, for instance, this one. The current leading heir must leave, and that is Hinata." Hiashi explained for the new heir who was soaking all this information.

"Well, I do have all the powers of a Hyuugan heir am I correct?" She asked the now previous owner of the chair. "Hai. That is correct. You now have all the power in the clan that I do. Once I die, you shall take my place until a new heir is chosen. That is how the system works in the Hyuugan house." Hiashi said in a, once again, stern manor.

"Well, then…" She started to say, trying to use the brain of her's to try and think up a solution to save her friend from living out in the cold, dark streets.

Damn it….Gotta think like Shikamaru….How the hell does he do it.. She fussed in her mind quickly, trying to come up with a plan. Hell, I already said it. I ain't no Shikamaru. She thought inwardly, sighing at the fact that her childhood friend was better than her.

Wait…wait…Shikamaru…help me please…. She thought to herself, trying to not waste time with Hiashi. Currently, she was trying to use some of Shikamaru's genius to aid her right now.

I really wish my mind jutsus could talk to people telepathically. She thought, once again sighing inwardly.

This is hope- wait.. I got something. Thank you Kami-sama! Thank you Shikamaru! she thought happily, thinking of a plan.

"You said I had….all the powers that you now have, right?" She asked, making sure of the fact. "Hai." He responded in his usual tone of saying things. Low and gruff. "Well, as first use of my power, I wish for Hinata to be able to stay inside the clan." she said commandingly, proud of her thought.

"But…..Ino-hime," He said, now calling her that, "Are you sure you will do that? It goes against the la-" "Let me use my power to make the law the current or leading heir to choose weather or not a Hyuugan member is to leave the clan." Ino said. "Well, if that is your wish. The Hyuugan law also states that the first declaration by the leading heir must be followed and can only be stopped by the next leading heir. You're lucky that fate made that rule, or else I would stop it with my own powers." He said with a glare in his eyes.

"With your powers, you could have abolished the main house and the branch house system. But you wasted it on changing that one rule to keep that useless girl in." He said, almost sounding mad, but more commanding, at the girl.

"Well then, if I had the power to stop it, and you were the leading heir before me, then why didn't you change that rule?" She asked, her eyes like two little slits of whitish blue, looking at the larger man for answers.

Taken back by the response, he immediately coughed and replied, "It is none of your business what I have done. Once you are done, stop by the Hyuuga main house later for dinner. We will be waiting there," He said closing off his sentence, getting up from the seat.

He walked calmly towards the door and placed his right hand on it before replying, "Enjoy the Byakugan for now. Suffer the fate it holds later. That is why it is called the Evil Eye." He said coldly before leaving the room, shutting it along with the mysterious words he said with it and a reply Ino could give as well.

With a silent stare at the door, she then put her right hand into a fist and then put it into a cup of a left hand is in when someone gets an idea. With small beady white eyes, she concluded, "Wait a second….He changed the subject…."

Dear Diary,

No, This is not about Naruto again. Sorry. But anyways, Father had told me once he came home after visiting...her, I will be taken out of the clan. I wish I knew who would be taking my spot at least. I know if I knew who I was going up against, I could work my hardest to beat her. I know that Father would be proud of me if I beat the person trying to take my spot and praise me. He will love me then since I would be powerful. I just know that if I was able to beat the girl, Father would love me again. I wish to become stronger so I can be loved.

Love,
Hinata

Well I hope you like the next chapter. Sorry it's out late. Do people know how hard it is for a 13 year old male to type in the perspective of a 16 year old female? It is really tough .-.

And if people actually review the story, that motivates me to continue it. So remember, a positive comment is better than a flame and a flame is better than leaving nothing at all, so review please.

R.F.A.R.

Deathrosekitty - Thank you. And like I said, I'm debating, but I'm positive I'll have at least one. (Notice, I put 'at least one' meaning there might be more…maybe triangles…yay triangles…)