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Finally it ties to Just a Betrayal!
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Chapter 4: Monday
As Monday came along my stomach is going crazy and won't accept anything in the manner of food. I leave earlier than I should have.
I'll admit it, I'm too nervous.
What if he ignores me? What if he lied to me and doesn't want to be my friend? I really shouldn't think that, I should just forget about him.
When I get into class I arrive about ten minutes before class actually starts. I sit all the way in the back not looking at anyone while I go up to take my seat at the end of the bench. I sit quietly folding my hands on my lap and I lower my gaze to my hands.
After Sasuke and his brother left a maid came outside and saw me, she told the house guards where I was then they took me up to my bedroom. A maid was ordered to stay with me all night long but, I knew she was no ordinary maid she is actually a Jonin in charge of my safety while in the Hyuga household. I asked her questions about Itachi at first she acted as if she knew nothing but, then she talked.
I soon found out that Sasuke isn't the only genius in his family and I also found out that they expect Sasuke to be the same as his brother. I feel bad for Sasuke, because his father has expectations but, I know Sasuke willmeet his father's expectations unlike me.
I suddenly hear the girls talk all excitedly and they hear happy, I also hear a few giggles, which is how I know he has arrived. I keep my gaze on my lap because I don't want to look up then have him ignore me or act as if I don't exist as many people have.
"Hey, move over," I hear him say to me. I look up to see him surrounded by girls who are all giving me the evil eye. I blink rapidly trying to ignore all the girls that want to kill me, believe me, it's extremely difficult.
"W-w-h-why?" I ask him, looking at all the girls who are probably imagining hundreds of different ways to kill me and that are no doubt; the most painful.
"So no one else can sit next to me," he says to me as he removes a girl's hold on his arm. He starts to sit next to me and I haven't even moved yet as his body touches mine, I quickly turn red and move. I see him smile in my direction clearly amused by my actions but, I don't smile. All the girls have left to go take their seats then; I look at him directly, and whisper.
"D-do you want t-h-those girls to k-kill me?"
"They won't kill you right away; they'll just torture you then kill you slowly." I gulp and look around to see that every girl in the room is watching me. Some are giving me deadly stares some are actually putting their thumb under their throats and sliding it slowly towards the other side. Against my own will I touch my throat to make sure it hasn't been cut. I take in a bigger gulp this time and turn around to look at Sasuke once more and he is barely holding in a laugh.
"I-it's not f-u-funny, Sasuke!" I want to yell instead I saying it quietly.
"Yes, it is. Don't worry about it, they won't touch you." Sasuke says to me in an angry voice giving all the girls a glare, they all look scared and not daring to look at me again.
"T-h-thank you."
"Whatever. Look are we going to train, after school or what?" he asks me in his usual bored tone.
"I-if you want. B-but you must r-e-remember that I-I'm not very good a-and tend to mess up a-a lot," I say to him once more. I don't want him to get angry at me if I trip or mess up, well both really.
"Hn," is all he says as he looks at the blackboard, I guess that means conversation is over. I let out a sigh and look at my hands. I start to think that training with a guy like Sasuke might be a bad idea.
I feel someone poke me on my left side. I think at first it might be one of his fan girls but, then I think she might break her finger to get my attention. I don't even look up to see her.
"Hey, Hyuga, what's your relationship with Master Uchiha? Tell me the truth if you wish to live," she whispers at me, not caring if Sasuke could hear her.
"W-we are j-just fr-friends, nothing m-more," I whispers to her.
"Are you sure?" she whispers at me in an angry tone. Not being able to find my voice I just nod. Then I feel Sasuke lean over to me to look at the girl.
"Leave Hinata alone," he tells her in a deadly tone that makes me scared. "I'll hurt you girls if anything happens to this loser." He looks at her but, she doesn't look at him right away he stays quiet waiting for her to look up. She finally does and she moves away from me out of fear. "…well?"
"Yes, Master Uchiha, I'm sorry. I'll make sure to tell all the girls." He just keeps looking at her making sue she understood his threat. Then he goes back to his side and just sits there looking all around acting as if he has no care in the world.
He just looks so cool, so sure of himself and strong.
The morning goes by quickly and next thing I know it's lunch, I get my lunch and am ready to leave to go eat by myself but, then I remembered Sasuke, I turn around to look for him but, once I turn I see that he is right behind me.
"D-do you want t-to eat together?" I ask him and he nods. We go to the training grounds where I usually eat alone. "W-where did you use t-to eat l-lunch before?" I ask him as I sit on the grass and he sits next to me.
"Inside a storage room," he answers me.
"Tomorrow, w-we'll go there," I say to him and he doesn't even respond he just starts eating. I look around and notice that all the girls in our class and some of the girls from other classes are all around us acting as if they aren't watching us. "Sasuke?" I call him he doesn't even look up.
"Hmm?"
"W-why do they follow y-you everywhere?"
"Because they are stupid and they say they love me, which is a lie. I can't stand any of them which is why I always ignore them." I stay quiet once more; they probably do love Sasuke in their own weird way, which they only understand. I kind of feel sorry for them because, I doubt Sasuke even cares about them.
"Why do t-they call y-you 'Master Uchiha'?" I see him blush and look irritated he looks in the opposite direction that I'm in.
"I don't know they are stupid, they just say it to annoy me. I hate it." I laugh at him misfortune. He give me an angry look like he wants to kill me but, he still has his blush on and now it's even redder, I laugh louder. I'm going to have to ask one of the girls. My laughs start to die down as I see him get angry for real. Then I notice his eyes shine with amusement.
"Y-your parents m-must be p-proud, ehh, Master Uchiha?" I say to him, and then I see his eyes lose the shine and he looks out in front of him.
"No," is all he says in a soft sad voice. I look at him and I see sadness all over his face. I touch his shoulder softly and say to him in an equally soft voice.
"When y-you are ready to talk about it I-I'll be here waiting to listen. W-when you n-need m-me just tell m-me." I smile at him with a slight blush creeping on my cheeks. I imagined he'd deny it, saying something like, I don't need stupid girls, and instead he just nods. I try to hide my shocked expression but, I couldn't I turn around to see about fifteen girls standing behind us. I see a girl who is older then us, and one of her eyebrows and a corner of her mouth are twitching.
"Get your hand off Master Uchiha's shoulder," I look down and sure enough I' am still touching his shoulder, I turn deep red and remove my hand quickly off it. "Who do you think you are, touching our Master!" I don't say anything then I look down but out of the corner of my eye I see Sasuke get up.
"Leave us alone, didn't I warn you to leave us?" He warns them in a low angry voice, he holds out his hand to me waiting for me to put mine in his. I look up wondering if I should but, then I see him watching the girls with a deadly stare, daring them to do or say anything. I slowly put my hand in his then he helps me up without even turning around to look at me. We make our way away from all the girls pushing them if he has too.
"But, Master why her and not one of us?" one of the braver girls asks him as he continued to hold on to my hand. He looks forward not bothering to look at any of the girls as he says.
"I don't need to explain myself to brainless girls," then we kept walking away, back towards the Academy. I notice other kids watching us, but, I keep my gaze on the ground not wanting anyone to know how red and happy I really am.
At the end of school Hinata and I left together, towards the forest. I'm about to show her my place, I haven't even taken, Nii-san to it. It's my own little haven where I train to become better then Itachi. Here I can mess up, be the best or just do nothing. In this place, I can be myself, and work hard to be as good as my brother.
"You can't tell anyone about it," I say to Hinata without even turning to look at her.
"O-okay," she says to me in the same quiet voice she always uses. I want to tell her that I've only trained by myself. I've never taught anyone anything but, I keep it to myself.
My mom doesn't like the fact that we are so young and already know deadly skills but, my father always tells her that, that's the ninja way; it's the life we've chosen. That it's the world we live in that we must protect, The Village Hidden in the Leaves. To think that in maybe eight years we'll be full-fledged ninjas and be sent out to carry out dangerous missions or just boring ones. I look over at the pale, small girl next to me; will she be able to survive being a ninja? Hinata seems the kind of girl who would rather talk then fight that is if she wasn't so shy. We both stay quiet lost in our own thoughts until about twenty minutes later I ask her.
"Does your dad know that you'll be out late?"
"I-I'm sure the g-guard I told will tell h-him," she says to me with a hint of sadness in her voice.
"Why didn't you tell him yourself?"
"He is t-too busy, he's the head of the c-clan, h-he has more pressing m-matters to tend to." She looks up at me and smiles a sad smile. "T-the servants have told m-me this. What about y-your p-parent's won't they w-worry?" she asks me with concern on her face.
"No, they know I'm out training. We'll make it home before dinner." I say to her as we near my private training ground.
I don't say anything as we get there. I look over at her to watch her pale blue eyes take everything in. I too look, I see the familiar scene. I see the shed that was already here, it's really small about the size of a small tree house inside are books on the sharingan, scrolls and some weapons. The trees all have kunai and shuriken in the bark some have targets other's have marks on the trees. I could hear the river and waterfall they have this calming effect on me that's the reason I chose this spot.
There's a few dummy's some with weapons in them others with marks showing which spots are vulnerable on the body. There's some trees that have actual posters of humans so I could practice seeing an actually face as I train to kill them, so I could remember that I must kill actual humans that may have a home with their family waiting for them to return. I see Hinata look over at me a wide-genuine and satisfied smile. I let out the breath I seem to have been holding in waiting for her to respond.
"I-it's cool!"
"Hn," is what I say but, my heart is soaring and delighted.
"Did y-you build t-the shed?" she asks me with admiration and wonder in both eyes and voice. I just nod, even though I'm lying. I turn to her giving her my full attention, now.
"You have to understand Hinata I will work you hard you are going to hate me but, that won't help anything," I pause then she says in her low whisper of a voice.
"I won't."
"What?"
"I won't hate you, that'll never happen," she says to me without stuttering or blinking and she isn't even fidgeting with her hands. I'm shocked and I can't hide it. I just stare at her amazed that she could surprise me like that. I smile at her and a smile appears on her lips.
"I'm going to push you, Hinata I'm going to push you until no one can call you weak and a failure. I'm going to make you strong, strong enough to be the head of the main branch. Both of us will become stronger together." I sound like an idiot…but she looks like she likes this kind of crap.
"Yes, we will," she says to me with determination on her face and in her eyes.
"Okay, we'll start…"
A few hours later Hinata and I emerge from the forest tired but, happy. As Hinata makes her way home I follow her. She turns around to face me.
"Sasuke you don't have to walk me home," she says in her quiet low-voice.
"Are you expected at home?" I question her.
"No, I'm not, why?" she asks me titling her head to the side.
"Would you like to come home with me?" her face suddenly turns bright red and she looks like she's about to faint.
"W-what?" she whispers.
"To eat dinner," I respond, she blushes and looks at the ground.
"I would love to, is your mother going to be okay with me coming over?" she asks me growing timid.
"Yeah, mom always likes to make more food than is necessary," I answer her, "come on," I grab her hand and lead the way to my house. "Mom is really nice," I tell her, "dad will probably be late so we won't have to really deal with him tonight. I think he's going to be a bit difficult…he's a proud man…" I'm saying unnecessary things again…
"I get, I'll just have to win him over with my charm," she says with a smile.
As we walk I see my Nii-san on his way home, I call out to him and he smiles at both of us.
"This is a miracle," I proclaim, I look back at Hinata to explain. "Itachi doesn't ever make it to dinner so mom is going to happy to see us." She smiles at me, how can she be happy for someone else?
"Itachi-san, it's good to see you again," Hinata says to my Nii-san.
"You too, Hinata-sama," he replies.
"Why do you address her like that, she's a child," I ask him.
"Sasuke I can't believe you don't know whom Hinata is, it surprises me you're usually so bright," he's teasing me, I glare at Hinata since I wouldn't dare glare at Itachi. "Hinata is the heiress of the most prestigious clan in Konoha so of course you must address her as such."
"But she isn't part of the Uchiha's, she's a Hyuga and the Uchiha's are the greatest!" I say to him.
"We Uchiha's think that but in reality it's the Hyuga's that have that title," he answers me.
I look over at Hinata and find her looking at the ground and avoiding our eyes. "I'm sorry," she mumbles.
"You shouldn't apologize to Sasuke, it's not your fault Hinata-sama," she looks up with a red face as she stares at Itachi, I feel something in me grow angry at how she's looking at him. She should only look at me like that!
"Don't call me sama, I'm not…I'm Hinata!" she says with a frown, Itachi smiles and reaches out to pat Hinata on the head but I pull her away.
"Sasuke," I look over to the side.
"Don't touch her," I say angrily, "she's my friend not yours," why am I angry at Nii-san? Why?
"…" I sense him watching us and I feel Hinata grab my hand and squeeze my fingers. "I get it…go on ahead I'll be home soon," Itachi leaves us and I look back at him. I look over at Hinata and see her as she mumbles sorry to Itachi.
I let go of her hand and storm off ahead. How could she…why did I react like that with Nii-san?
"Sasuke!" she calls out to me, "please stop," she shouts at my back.
"Stupid!" I shout back at her "why don't you go become friends with Itachi instead?" I yell at her. I cringe as I see tears form in her eyes, she looks away from me and up at the night sky.
"Itachi…he's lonely Sasuke, can't you see it? Can't you see the gray cloud that surrounds him?" she whispers to me.
"Don't talk about him without honorifics!" I order her. How can she see something in Itachi that I can't?
"I can if I want to! You do all the time!" she yells back at me.
"I'm different!"
"I know!" she cries out, "I know and I can deal with it if you don't remind me all the time! I can be your friend if you treat me with respect and don't bully me! Don't be like my family! Don't make me chose!" she's sobbing like a toddler who lost her favorite toy…I made her cry…it was me… "I don't complain loudly, I keep my disagreements inside of me but…I feel that I should tell the truth to my friend, so please don't judge me Sasuke." I watch her and I feel that I broke her heart, that I'm not worthy of being her friend. I walk to her and hug her, she cries on me.
"You won't hear this often but I'm sorry Hinata…" it's true I'm not someone who asks for forgiveness I have no need for it because I do no wrong.
"Okay, I'm sorry for being such a girl," she whispers to me as she comes to stand by me. "May I walk beside you?" she asks me with a blush on her cheeks.
"Hn," I say looking away from her.
"Oh, Sasuke-kun could this be your girlfriend?" I hear my aunty ask me. I was about to reply but Hinata did it for me.
"NO!" she shouts disgusted, I glare at her as she looks up at aunty, "Sasuke's my friend not my boyfriend!" she says with a red face. "Boys are disgusting!"
"Hey!" I shout at her, and she smiles at me.
"She's cute," I hear aunty say, "don't let her get away Sasuke!" she whispers to me, I feel my face turn bright red.
"Girls are nasty!" I shout before running off, I feel Hinata follow after me.
"That's not nice at all!" she shouts after me.
"Sasuke," I look to my left and see mom outside of the house, "you're late!" she says with a small smile as she stares at me, I look back and see Hinata whose stopped further away.
"Mom, I brought a friend to eat, is it all right?" I ask her, she looks back at Hinata and Hinata looks down at the ground.
"A girl? Now I have to meet her!" I hear my mom whisper.
"It's not like that!" I shout at her feeling my face grow hot again.
"Hello, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, I hope I'm not a bother to you Ma'am," Hinata says as she bows at my mother, "please forgive me for not bringing a gift," Hinata says as she stands straight and smiles happily at my mom.
"I love you!" my mother shouts as she hugs Hinata to her, "Sasuke you have to marry this cute girl! As a mother you will make me really happy!" she yells as she squeezes Hinata tightly, Hinata gives me the thumbs up and smiles happily at me. I sigh and shake my head in disbelief.
"I'm starving," I say as I walk into the house.
"May I help you with anything Ma'am?" Hinata asks as she enters the house.
"Yes, call me mama! I'm not that old now am I?" she asks Hinata.
"No! You look like Sasuke's sister not his mom!" Hinata admits happily.
"Liar," I whisper at Hinata and my mother slaps me behind the head.
"Hinata are you hungry?" mom asks her.
"Hai!" Hinata responds.
"I'm home," I hear Nii-san say as he comes into the house; I look away as I keep eating in silence.
I feel Hinata watch me as she eats some rice, she looks down at her bowl avoiding looking at Itachi.
"Its fine," I say to them, "I hope you guys can be friends too," I say acting like an adult for once.
"Thank you," both Hinata and Itachi say together. I won't be jealous, after all I see Hinata more than Itachi, and she was my friend first. She has to like me more than Itachi! But wait, I look over at Hinata to find her talking with Itachi, why do I feel…why does my heart hurt like this? What's this feeling? She then suddenly turns to look at me and stares at me but then smiles and laughs.
There was this space in my heart…like a hole but right now…it feels like it's full, like that hole doesn't exist anymore…Could it be that Hinata was the one who filled up my heart? Why do I feel happier when I'm with Hinata? What's this feeling?
"Family, I'm home," I hear my dad call out as he comes in, he looks at us all and spots Hinata.
"She's our new daughter!" I hear mom say as she comes into the room with a happy smile, I watch as dad stares at mom and a small smile comes onto his lips as he sees mom's happy expression.
"Of course, may I know our daughter's name?" he asks as he sits in front of me.
"Hinata Hyuga, sir," Hinata responds with a bow as she stands. "It's an honor to meet a man of your position, let me thank your efforts in keeping the village safe sir."
"Suck-up," I mumble as I continue to eat.
"Thank you, now sit and eat your dinner, I don't want a skinny daughter," my dad says as he holds his rice bowl.
I'm glad that everyone accepted Hinata so easily. It means a lot to me for them all to accept her.
One year later…
I stick out my kunai as I search for any danger in the forest. I hear Sasuke sigh as he walks behind me. and I follow Sasuke's dad and Itachi is the last one. We're on a dangerous mission, one that may mean losing a life of a comrade.
"Are you doing some lame narration in your head Hinata?" Sasuke asks me in a tone.
I don't look back at him as I look to my left than to my right. No immediate danger in sight. But that doesn't mean some shinobi won't come out of no where and attack. If they do I'll save everyone but Sasuke since he called my narration lame. Sasuke shouldn't have done that because now I won't save him.
"You are aren't you? I want to hear this lame narration, what are you saying about me?" he asks as he pokes me between my shoulder blades. I won't fall for it! I brush the pain aside as I follow close behind Papa Uchiha. "Don't ignore me!" he shouts a bit irritated that I've been able to withstand his abuse.
"And here I thought you were mature, it seems that the only mature one here is Hinata," Itachi mumbles over Sasuke's head. I snicker and duck just as he was going to slap me behind the head.
"Sir, Sasuke just tried to slap your second in command behind the head," I announce to our team leader.
"Well now, it seems that Sasuke can't be trusted, he just can't keep his hands off you. Second in command you are here now leading us to our destination," he says as he puts his hand on my head and leads me forward.
"Thank you sir! I will not fail you!" I announce as I take the lead. Now I will lead any attack! I'm the go to girl that will kill anyone who gets in our way! I take out another kunai and look all around in search for any hidden dangers that will come our way.
"Hinata has never been to our destination so how is she going to lead sir?" Itachi questions the leader.
"Itachi!" I shout back at him. I thought he was my ally! Instead he stabbed me in the back! Oh the irony! I could die now! Just strike me down now why don't you? I hold in the tears, I can't let them see how they've hurt me. I can't go on…I fall to my knees in defeat, I'll just have to be left behind, I can't go…suddenly someone circles their arm around my waist and carries me. I look to my side and find papa Uchiha holding me.
"It's all right you lead us in the right direction young lady, we are at our target." I'm suddenly bursting with pride.
"I led the team successfully didn't I leader?" I question papa.
"Yes you did, I couldn't have done it better," he answers with a smirk.
"Do you guys have a script or something?" Itachi asks us.
"Yeah, I wrote it up so that I can annoy Sasuke," I answer as he sets me down. I look back and find a very irritated Sasuke with an angry expression. I laugh at him and he glares at me. "We watched an anime where something similar happened and Sasuke found it cheesy so I asked Papa if we could tease Sasuke together and he agreed! It was so much fun. Look Sasuke I even wrote my inner narration, do you want to read it?" I ask him as I shove the papers in his face. He rips them out of my fingers and tears them to shreds. I gasp and take out another copy. "I made more expecting that reaction!" I smile. I can tell he wants to do some type of bodily harm to me but he's holding back in fear that I will whip his butt.
"I' am not!" he shouts angrily.
"You can read my mind! What are you?" I whisper as I poke him between his eyes.
"Dad I still don't get why we had to bring her along, we would've just been fine the three of us," Sasuke is sulking. Or is he just jealous.
"What do you think Itachi?" I question him as he looks down at me and look over at Sasuke.
"About what?" he asks me.
"Is Sasuke jealous or is he just mad at the trick papa and I did on him?"
"He must be mad at the trick, Sasuke doesn't get jealous." Itachi confides in me.
I look up at Itachi and watch him for a bit. He looks different some how. Something about Itachi is off to me. He's not the same guy. He feels a bit…
"Itachi are you okay?" I whisper to him. He stops walking and he stares down at me and his eyes change, they show his feelings for a second before those emotions disappear. I feel my heart beat faster as I look up at him. A few tears cloud my view of him but I blink them away. Something is hurting Itachi. I can feel it and see it.
"I'm perfect," he replies as he passes me by and leaves me behind. I watch his back for a bit longer and feel that I'm losing him. I sense that he's slipping away from us. He just seems so…troubled.
"Hinata what are you doing there?" Sasuke asks me as he comes to stand next to me.
"Do you think Itachi is slipping away from us?" I question him softly. "He seems different doesn't he?"
"No, he isn't. Itachi is just fine come on they're leaving us behind," Sasuke says as he grabs my hand and runs. I follow after him. Itachi is different I can feel it.
"I've only been here a few times before," Sasuke tells me with a smile as he runs faster. I look up and see a whole city that has been left abandoned. It looks so much more modern than our city. This is like nothing I've ever seen before.
"Where are we?" I whisper to Sasuke.
"I'm not sure, I just know that this is a secret place that only Uchiha's are allowed to come. Dad said he'd make an exception for you but you can't tell anyone about this place." Sasuke confides in me. I nod absentmindedly as I stare up at the huge buildings in front of us.
"Come on you guys are falling behind," I hear Sasuke's dad call out to the two of us. We run faster and I try to catch more glimpses at the abandoned city. I watch as papa whispers to Itachi and he nods and waits for us.
"Where is dad going?" Sasuke asks his brother.
"He went on ahead come on climb onto my back and Hinata come up to my arms," we do as we're told and he starts to run fast. The city becomes blurry as he enters under the city. We quickly catch up to their dad and Itachi lets us down.
"Stay close we don't want anyone to get lost," Mr. Uchiha orders Sasuke and I. I grab Sasuke's hand and hold onto it as I walk after Itachi and Mr. Uchiha. I look around the hallway and feel as if something is watching me. I turn my head back and see a small kitten it looks so adorable.
"Hello," it says to me, I stop suddenly to stare at it. "Who are you?" the cat asks me as it tilts its head to the side. I let go of Sasuke's hand and run after it. I must touch the paws! And squeeze the fluffy ears! I have to. I squeal as I run after the scared cat. It runs faster and down a hall, I go after it I ready my hands as I reach out for it but it's too quick.
"Hinata!" I hear Sasuke call out to me but I ignore him as I squeal in delight as I keep chasing the kitten. Kittens talk! How amazing!
"HINATA!" I yell after her.
"Come on Sasuke, we'll come for her afterwards," dad orders me.
"Should we leave her alone?" I hear Itachi question dad.
"It's better that she's lost then for her to see what we're about to buy. We don't want her to know, if she finds out we have no choice but to take care of her. We'll say that we lost her on the way," dad tells Itachi.
"Sasuke's here," Itachi says in an angry tone.
"He won't miss her, now hurry. Sasuke come along or we'll leave you here," dad says as he walks faster.
"Uchiha-sama," I hear someone say, I look ahead and see a kitten. "Elder-sama is waiting for you," it says.
"Itachi, what about Hinata?" I whisper to my brother as I grab the back of his shirt.
"Don't worry; after father is done we'll search for her. She'll probably find us before though, she does have the Byakugan so everything is fine," he reassures me with a small smile. But I can see the worry on his face.
"Knowing Hinata she's probably still running after the cat and hasn't even noticed she's lost." I murmur trying to hear tough. But the truth is I'm scared about what father said. I thought dad liked Hinata, so why is he saying that we'll tell people that she got lost on the way…
"I won't let anything happen to her," Itachi whispers to me as he kneels in front of me. "Come on; let's hurry before father leaves us behind." He stands and offers his hand out to me; I reach for it and look back once more before we leave. Itachi will make sure that nothing happens to her. So I have nothing to worry about, everything will turn out fine, I just have to trust him.
Maybe I shouldn't have asked Hinata to come along after all…
I stop to catch my breath, I lost track of the cat, I turned left and I think it jumped up away from me…I look around and find the hallway similar to the one I was in before. Hmm…I think I may be lost. What should I do? I look back and find three kittens looking at me from a corner the hallway up ahead. I keep my head down and then suddenly run after them. I giggle as they run away, they cry out and I laugh. This is so much fun! I'm really happy Sasuke asked me to accompany them. This is the best day of my life! I can't wait until I can touch these kittens.
I don't care if my throat is on fire; I need to catch up to them. I must pet these talking kittens. I squeal loudly as I close in on them.
"I love kittens!" I shout at them as I scoop two up, I stop and hug them to me. I slide down the wall and cuddle with them.
"Let go you filthy human!" I hear one spit out.
"I'm going to squeeze you to death!" I shout happily. I can die now! I sigh happily as the kittens struggle against my hold, I tighten it and they growl at me. These kittens must really like me. I feel something sting my shin; I look down and find scratches on it.
"Let go of them!" a cat tells me, I see the hair along it's spine stick up angrily, the cat is standing a bit curved and to the side as it glares at me.
"Sasuke were you transformed into a cat?" I ask in wonder. "I want to be a cat too!" I shout as I go for Sasuke and grab him and hug him.
"Idiot! I'm not Sasuke!" it shouts.
"Oh, you're so soft!" I whisper as I bring Sasuke to my face and caress my face with his fur. "So warm!" I shout excitedly.
Suddenly he scratches my right cheek with his sharp claws. I look down at the angry cat in my hands and look away to see tons of kittens and cats surround me. Some of them look angry while others growl at me.
"My arms aren't big enough for all of you!" I say to the angry group of cats.
"She really is an idiot. We are here to harm you for pulling our tails and our ears; we won't forgive you for the pain you made us suffer!"
"Ehh?" I ask. "I didn't do that, I just hugged you guys!" I shout as I stand.
"But you were thinking it weren't you?" the pure black cat questions me.
"No-no-no," I lie as I step away from them.
"You're lying!" the cat proclaims. I fall to my knees and stretch my arms out to the ground.
"Please forgive me Master!" I shout as raise my upper body and bow again and again. "I won't ever do it again!" I hope Sasuke comes soon, he won't care if their cats he'll kick their butt but I can't bring myself to harm these beautiful little kittens. Sasuke's a brute so he won't care.
"How did you get in here anyway?" the cat asks me.
"I came with the Uchiha's," I answer him.
"Oh…so we can't do anything further to you…" he tells me in a sad tone.
"You guys did nothing to me to begin with," I reply a bit confused.
"Oh? How will you explain those scratches on your face and legs?"
"As my own fault?" I question him. I hear some of the cats snicker at my response.
"I like you girl," the cat tells me as he smiles at me, he holds out his paw towards me. "I allow you to touch my soft beautiful paw," he says. I nod and crawl to him.
"But I'm not worthy," I whisper softly to him.
"Child, you are," he tells me. "Now hurry before I regret it." I quickly reach out and touch his soft magical paws.
"So soft…" I whisper in bliss.
"HINATA, you idiot!" Sasuke yells at me. "Do you have any idea how lost you are?" he asks me. I look up at Sasuke as he angrily glares at me.
"I' am?" I question Sasuke.
"You are! It took us forever to find you! Now come along, we're going home," he says as he gives me his back.
"Wait!" I shout at him, "I have space for one of you guys, who would like to come home with me?" I whisper to the cats that surround me.
"Don't you dare!" Sasuke shouts, "You can't take a cat for yourself dork!"
"Why?" I ask.
"They aren't homeless cats! Now come on," he orders me.
"Sasuke you meanie!" I shout, "good bye you wonderful cats! I'll never forget this amazing adventure I had with you guys! I love you! I love you so much!" I cry out to them.
"Seriously Hinata, I can't take you anywhere." Sasuke murmurs under his breath.
I hear someone snicker and I look up and see Itachi at the end of the hall laughing.
"Itachi can I take a cat home?" I ask him as I let go of Sasuke and run to Itachi.
"No," he responds too quickly.
"I hate you both!" I shout before running off.
"Don't you'll get lost!" Sasuke says.
"Nothing matters anymore!" I shout back, "nothing!" I run and then bump into someone. I look up and see Mr. Uchiha, he stares down at me.
"Are you okay?" he asks me.
"Of course, are we going home?" I inquire.
"Yes," he responds. "Did you play with the cats? They don't like it," he tells me a little too late.
"Yeah, but these scratches are my fault, I shouldn't have picked on them like I did," I answer.
"Good, I'm glad you learned your lesson," he responds with a small smile. "Where is Itachi and Sasuke?" he questions me as he looks behind me.
"I left them playing with the kittens," I lie. He chuckles at the thought.
"We were worried that you were lost Hinata, you should be more careful and never run off like that," he says to me in an authoritative tone.
"Of course, I'm sorry," I answer as I lower my head, he's probably angry at me.
"I really do love you like a daughter, that's why I have to show you when you're wrong and celebrate you when you do something good," he says as he kneels before me.
"I understand my father doesn't even bother with me. I'm really happy I have you Papa," I whisper as I hug him.
"Hinata," I hear Sasuke call out to me, "oh, good." Sasuke lets out a sigh of relief, I let go of Mr. Uchiha and walk over to Sasuke.
"Sorry," I mumble as I fiddle with my fingers. I feel his small warm hand circle my shoulders.
"I have nothing to forgive you for." He replies as he lets go and holds onto my hand and squeezes my fingers. I look over at him and find a funny expression on his face. He's holding something in and he won't tell me what it is until we're alone.
"Come on lets go back." Itachi says as he pushes us softly forward.
"Did you guys finish your business?" I question them. Sasuke suddenly becomes stiff and Itachi quickly touches my shoulder.
"Yes," Mr. Uchiha answers swiftly and with an attitude. Sasuke's hold on my fingers tightens and I keep my mouth shut. He's warning me to keep out. The rest of the way I keep my eyes down on the ground.
They don't want me to know anything and I won't push them for answers.
Once we arrive at the village Sasuke leads me home.
"Don't say anything just listen to me. Don't tell anyone about where we went, I don't even know why we were there, only Itachi and father entered the room. I was asked to stay outside but father said that if you were to say anything, he'd take care of you. I don't want that to happen so please don't say anything. This is something that…" he pauses as he looks around, "if you were to get into trouble I wouldn't be able to stop father, so please just be quiet and don't mention anything." Sasuke's voice sounds so sincere and petrified that I'm not sure what to do.
"What is the big secret?" I ask him.
"No one has told me anything so I don't know," he's being truthful.
"I promise not to mention it to anyone," I whisper to him and I cross my heart. "Don't worry I won't do anything, I won't get into any trouble."
"I'll hold you to that, wait a week or something to come back to my house, we'll train like normal but you can't come to my house at all, okay?" he asks me in a tense tone.
"All right," I say a bit against my will. "Mom will worry though."
"I know, I'll lie to her. I just want to make sure nothing happens to you." I look over at Sasuke and find him with an apprehensive expression on his face.
"Don't worry, nothing will go wrong, I'll follow your instructions." But I have to at least see mom before anything happens. I'll go late to class tomorrow and visit mother before and inform her that something has occurred and I won't be able to come over for a while. I'm sure Sasuke won't find out.
"Good, you better," he says with an uneasy smile on his lips. I force my smile at him and wave good-bye as I enter the Hyuga compound.
Tomorrow I'll go to mom, even if it is behind Sasuke's back, I must talk to her.
Plus, papa Uchiha won't do anything to me.
So, the next chapter will be all new so please look forward to it, I hope you guys liked this one!