The Blind, The Deaf and The Mute.
ShadowCasper:
Here's the next chapter, I hope you enjoy. I will be hoping to update every weekend now as that's when I get the most free time. Also as I'm not that great with Spelling and stuff so I was wondering if anyone reading this is a Beta reader and wouldn't mind or would like to Beta this story then I would be incredibly grateful. I do try my best with spelling and am sorry if it's not always great. Anyway, on with the chapter...Please read and review.
Summary: Itachi's blind, Lee's Deaf and Hinata's mute. They've become very good friends and are about to start a new school together. But trying to keep their disabilities a secret is harder than they thought.
Parings: ItachiXKisame, HinataXNaruto, One-sided HinataXKiba, GaaLee, NejiXTen and SasuXSaku
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Chapter 4
The bell for the end of school had just rung and Hinata was walking down one of the corridors alone. Just before Itachi and Lee had told her to go ahead without them since she was getting a lift with Neji. They'd also said they would rather walk when the school was not so crowded. She wasn't very keen on the idea of leaving her friends but knew it was better not to leave Neji waiting around for her.
Hinata wanted to get outside fast since the corridors were packed, but she had to head to her locker first to return her books. Hinata's locker was on the 3rd floor so by the time she had reached it there weren't many people on that level, thank god. She hurriedly opened her locker, put her books in and grabbed the one's she'd need for homework.
When Hinata was ready she closed her locker, spun around only to hit someone hard on the chest and drop all her books.
"Ah, I'm sorry." A male voice said as she bent down. "Oh I'll get those." He bent down and began scooping up her books, so Hinata could see his bright blond hair. She was heavily embarrassed, how could she have bumped into someone, she had to be more careful in future.
"Here you go." The boy straitened up and handed Hinata her books. She looked at his faced and blushed vividly. He was very handsome with bright blue eyes that seamed to sparkle. She gave him her best thankful smile and was glad when he returned it.
"Are you new here?" he asked. "I haven't seen you around before, I'm Naruto." Naruto stuck out his hand and Hinata shock it politely. He looked t her expectantly before saying. "What's your name?"
Oh no, oh no, how was she supposed to answer that. Hinata felt her face redden in humiliation just before she turned and fled down the corridor. She must have seamed rude but there was nothing she could have done. Hinata heard Naruto call after her as she left but ignored him and continued
running till she was safely out of the school. It didn't take her long to find Neji and soon she was on her way back home.
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Naruto stood in the corridor slightly confused. He wasn't sure what to make of the pretty girl he'd just bumped into. She seemed nice and had a nice smile but then she'd just run off. Maybe she was scared or shy, but Naruto couldn't see why, he wasn't a very intimidating person. Well if he did scare her he'd just have to apologies tomorrow. She would be hard to find though, since Naruto didn't know her name, but he could find out, she did look about his age. Well he could do that tomorrow.
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Itachi and Lee waited till most of the students had left before descending the roof and heading out of school. Itachi's servants would be picking him up while Lee would walk home. The pair strolled silently hand-in-hand down the front path, well everything to Lee was silent but Itachi would notify him if he wanted to talk.
"Itachi-san I think I can see you family's car, would you like me to take you all the way?" he asked Turning his head so he could read his friends answer.
'Yes please.' Itachi replied his face colder then Lee had seen it since they'd first meet. He must really not like his family, but then again neither did Lee.
He silently walked with Itachi till they reached his car. 'I'll see you tomorrow.' He said as Itachi slipped into the back seats.
'I'll hear you.' Itachi chuckled softly closing the door.
The car was out of sight before Lee began to walk away. He wasn't really to keen on going back yet since it was still early and his dad would still be at work, so instead he'd go to the park for a little while. There was no specific time he had to be home anyway.
The park he went to was a small clean place, not one of those ones covered in graffiti. Lee walked over and sat down on one of the swings, slowly rocking himself back and forth. The swings had always been his favourite thing to go on as a kid; he'd always challenge himself and see how high he could go. Back then thought he still had his hearing and loved listening to the sounds of the world around him. Lee missed hearing the sounds of nature, missed the sounds of crickets' and the rustling of leaves. However Lee knew he didn't have it that bad, he could still see and talk. Were as Itachi would never be able to see anything again, it was ok to describing things to him but after a while Lee was sure that Itachi would slowly forget what the individual colours looked like and just be forever swimming in the world of darkness. Then there was Hinata-Chan, sure she could see and hear but she'd never be able to talk to her family or future children. Tell them how proud she was of them; tell her husband that she loved him. So he shouldn't complain about being deaf, he knew that yet it still hurt.
Lee was brought out of his thoughts be a strong hand shoving his back forward so he fell off the swing and flat onto the floor. He hit the grass hard, his ears ringing at the contact, and groaned. God
that hurt, just like earlier on the track. He rose carefully from the ground and turned to face his 'attacker'. Lee was shocked to find it was the same boy that had bumped into him on the track.
'Oh so you finally noticed me?' he scowled angrily at Lee, who shivered under the fierce green gaze.
'What do you mean?' he asked, trying to sound calm but not sure how it came out.
'I mean I've been talking to you for the last 5 minutes and you've just sat there and ignored me.'
'I'm so sorry, I didn't realise you was there.' Lee quickly bowed, automatically regretting it when his ears began to buzz. He looked back up just in time to catch the red head's reply.
"Don't bullshit me I was talking loud enough. I hate people like you.' Although he couldn't hear it Lee was sure the boys tone was harsh. He didn't say anything to try and stop the boy as he walked away, it truth he must have seemed extremely rude but Lee really disliked it when people said 'I hate people like you'. Those words bought too many bad memories back for Lee, memories he'd rather forget.
Pushing the horrible thoughts to the back of his mind, Lee looked down at his watch. He was shocked to see it was almost 5-o'clock. How long had he been sitting there? Quickly getting to his feet Lee began a slow jog back to his house.
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The car journey back to his house was as normal, quite. Itachi hadn't really expected it to be talkative. He wasn't even sure which of the Uchiha servants were driving since they didn't even greet Itachi, but that never bothered him. None of them were very nice anyways.
When they reached the large Uchiha mansions the driver got out and opened the door for him and Sasuke. When he was out Itachi waited for his little brother to move first so that he could follow his movements. Once they were in the house Itachi immediately began to climb the stair's leading up to his room. A rout he'd memorised when he was younger.
When he was in his room, Itachi put down his bag and walked over to his bookshelf. Of course most of the books on there he couldn't read but there were some that he'd been given to by the hospital that were especially for blind people. The Uchiha moved onto his bed and propped open the book onto his legs. Then he slowly began to move his hands back and forth across the pages, felling the bumps and trying to make out what they said. Itachi had only 'read' like this a couple of times but believed he was picking it up rather well.
The story he was reading at the moment was about a young Prince with an evil curse on him. The Prince had to be put through many trails by a witch to prove he was worthy of having the curse removed from him. Not something Itachi would normally read but interesting nether the less.
He spent rest of the evening reading till dinner and was summoned but one of the house keepers who lead him down into the dinning area. Dinner was something he hated, since both his mother and father would be home. The conversation would always be boring and about work. Something they seemed to need to remind Itachi he no longer had anything to do with. Itachi would always stay
out of there talk since he needed to pay a lot of attention to his food; it was hard to eat with out being able to see clearly.
Today however Itachi was shocked when his father asked him how his day had been.
"It was fine, thank you for asking father." Came his automatic polite response. There was nothing stranger then his father asking about his personal life, so Itachi immediately put up his polite mask.
"So did you run into any trouble with the other kids?" came again his father's voice from across the table.
"No father everything went fine."
"Were you managing well in you classes?"
"Yes, the work was already stuff I've covered before so I had no problem." This was very strange. His farther must be working his way into a topic he knew Itachi wouldn't be pleased with. It had happened before.
"I see, so what about your friends were they having any difficulties?" Itachi was now sure he must be dreaming, not once had his father asked about anyone close to Itachi.
"I think Lee was struggling but Hinata seamed fine."
"Lee, he's the boy with the bowl hair cut right?" Itachi nodded, he'd felt Lees hair before and knew of the way he wore it. "The pair of you seam very close."
So that was it, his father obviously had a problem with Lee. Well if he was going to ask Itachi might as well tell the truth. "Yes we are. Lee is very important to me." Itachi could practically picture his father's angry eyes and stiff pose.
"He's important to you is he?"
"Oh yes. I love Lee very much." Itachi sensed the shock coming off his family and had to fight down a smirk. Yes it was true that he loved Lee but only as a brother, however Itachi was sure his family had taken it the other way, just like he'd intended them to. He always like to disturb his family this way, and was quite proud he could still do it.
"You love him! That ugly little boy." He's father snapped.
"Ugly, don't you dear call him ugly you fucking asshole." There were gasps from his mother and brother. Never had Itachi sworn to his father before.
"Don't talk to me like that you ungrateful little brat." The sound of slamming fists meant Itachi's father had stood up in his range. "And just so you understand I will call you friends anything I please, especially since I was only speaking the truth. He is ugly but you wouldn't know that now would you?"
Itachi stood as well, pushing out his chair with force; he'd had enough of this shit. "Your right I wouldn't know that but that doesn't mean I can't tell. Lee is one of the kindest people I know and to
me that makes him beautiful." Itachi stomped away from the table and headed to the front door, doing his best not to knock into anything on the way. He had to get out of this stupid house.
"Itachi where do you think your going?" his mother's voice called after him.
"I'm going out." He snapped, he was already by the porch and pulling on what he hoped were his shoes.
"Out." His father voice barked. "And where will you go, you can't see?"
"Anywhere." he'd finally gotten his shoes on and was out the door in seconds. He walked straight forward till he bumped into the fence, than followed that along. He wasn't sure where he was going but he knew he just had to be away from that judgementally family of his.
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Hinata sat in the dinning room long after dinner was over. She was busy copying the notes she'd taken and was trying her best to make them like the books Itachi had. Making the bumps where hard and it was taking a long time, but Hinata was sure Itachi would be able to work from them. She could have easily done this from her room, but would rather avoid that place till she absolutely had to. Every time she entered flashbacks of the fire would flood her mind and the long burn she had running up her leg would prickle painful. Hinata hated that scar, it was on the front so she'd see it each time she dressed and it just reminded her of that horrible night. It had been hard hiding it while changing for games today but Hinata was determined to keep it a secret. Even Lee and Itachi didn't know about the scar and Hinata didn't want to tell them, thought she did feel bad about keeping secrets.
"Hinata-sama what are you doing?" Neji asked coming and standing beside her. Hinata held up the papers so he could see. "Is that for Itachi-san?" she nodded then, grabbing her whiteboard 'asked'.
'Is there anything I can help you with Neji-Nii-san?'
Neji chuckled softly before moving and ruffling her hair. "No not really I was just wondering if you're feeling alright, you seemed upset after school had finished."
After school, that's right the incident with Naruto, Hinata still felt bad about it. But she quickly scribbled on her whiteboard 'No I'm fine Nii-san, no need to worry'. And gave him her biggest smile she could. After that he left her alone, Hinata however now felt bad again. She really wanted to apologise but couldn't. Well she could write him a note, and slip it in his locker. Yes that was a brilliant idea, she have to find which lockers was his of course but hopefully that wouldn't be too difficult.
She nodded her head proudly and grabbed a clean piece of paper. Her note was short and simple.
Dear Naruto-san, I am very sorry I was rude to you yesterday and thank you very much for picking up my books. From Hinata Hyuga.
She hoped he'd remember her and that he'd forgive her. Hinata hated people being mad at her.
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When Lee had arrived home his father, to his relief, was already there. As soon as he got in he headed straight for his room, knowing that his father would come and visit him shortly. Lee sat on his bed waiting patiently, wanting to tell his father all about his first day, it had been good despite the two incidents with the redhead. I really should learn his name. Lee decided mentally. Calling him redhead was kind of rude.
His father took longer them expected to come and see him, Lee was sure she was the reason but was just hoping he was wrong. He was right however judging by the large swelling bruise on his fathers lip.
'Hello son.' His father said coming and sitting beside him kissing his head. Lee knew it was babyish to whished to be kissed, but loved the affection his father gave him. 'How was you first day?'
'It was very good, difficult but I love a challenge. I think Hinata-can and Itachi-san liked it as much as I did.'
'That's great Lee. I'm glad you're enjoying it. Oh yeah did you take you tablets.' Lee shook his head. 'Alright I'll go get them for you, best you stay in your room, she isn't in a very happy mood.'
Lee nodded to his father and smiled only allowing his smile to drop once he'd left the room.
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Itachi wasn't sure how far he'd walked or where he was, he really regretted his decision to leave the house. Why hadn't he just stormed upstairs? He wanted to ask someone where his was but didn't want to sound stupid so instead he keep walking, using his ears and nose to make sure he didn't bump into anything or one. His hands were travelling along the railing beside him and Itachi was sure he must have looked like a drunk. He could even hear people whispering about him but ignored them. Obviously nice people would have asked him if he was ok, but these people were just stupid gossips. He hated their kind.
The loud sounds of heavy traffic reached his ears. That must mean he was near a main road. Itachi headed in that direction, maybe his parents would send someone to look for him, he doubted it, but if they had standing by a main road would be his best bet at getting spotted.
He walked closer to the sounds and finally stopped when he was sure he was near the side. There were lots more people around here and it made Itachi nervous, but he didn't let it show and continued to walk this time left hoping to find a bench to sit on. Unfortunately Itachi bumped into someone large.
"Oi watch it kid." The man said before roughly pushing Itachi out of the way causing him to trip on the curb he hadn't know was there and fall down, hitting his head on the hard concrete. Pain burst through his body and he began to fell dizzy. There were load honks coming form either side of him and Itachi began to panic. He'd fallen in the road, he had to move but couldn't, his head spun and the sound began fading from the word. Just before he slipped into unconsciousness he had a mental vision of his last car accident, the one that render him blind. Panic steeled into the pit of his stomach as the sound vanished from the world.
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Chapter 5...Coming Soon...
