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In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us. ~ Virginia Wolf

Now those memories come back to haunt me / They haunt me like a curse. ~ Bruce Springsteen

In matter of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same. ~ Albert Einstein

Chapter 4: Of Tears and Interrogations

"Tou-san, Tou-san! Look!" A six year old Hinata ran up to her father, a white lily held in her hands. She held it carefully in her hands afraid to damage the gentle looking flower; he had seen his young daughter from a distance talking to the flower, crouched down on her hands and knees, petting it softly and whispering nonsense words that even he could not comprehend the meaning.

She carefully deposited the flower on his lap. He stared at his daughter, Hinata who looked so much like her mother; she began to fidget under his intense gaze, it appeared she still hadn't gotten over the incident. Wide lavender eyes stared up at him they began to water, she must be thinking that she had done something wrong. Which she had, she knew better then to pick up flowers not that it mattered to him. His daughter could pick at weeds for all he cared but the elders were watching him now. He could feel there disapproving eyes.

He hated shutting down his daughter like he was about to do but she was to be his heir, and as the future heir she needed to toughen up early. Hiashi saw his daughter's shoulders hunch and head start to lower. She began pressing her two index fingers together much like her mother would do when she was nervous or unsure of herself. Bad posture and a horrible habit for a young lady to start to develop whispered a nagging voice in the back of his head.

As soon as he pick the flower off his lap, he felt the elder leave somehow satisfied that he was about to reprimand his young daughter for something so insignificant. At the same time he heard Hinata gasp and get ready to be shot down. He twirled the lily by its stem, but not today…maybe some other day he will reprimand her but not today. He placed his other hand on Hinata's small shoulder, causing the girl to jump before meeting his gaze. "It's a very nice flower."

Her small face broke into a beaming smile without thinking she jumped into his lap and gave him a fierce hug. It startled him, it wasn't very proper either but he didn't give a damn at the moment and hugged her back. He had been so close to losing her.

He pulled back and stared his daughter then at himself.

"We're dirty," He stated.

Those harden eyes of the Godaime told him that this wouldn't be just an update on his missing daughter. A part of him inside squirmed at the idea what had become of her. Hinata had been gone, dead supposedly, for approximately seven years. Her teammates at the time were found dead, a small battle had been taken place were the bodies were found but Hinata's was nowhere to be seen. It was believed that had died there and her body due to her being a Hyuga.

Perhaps it was his folly to actually believe in what was called parental instincts and fool him into thinking that she was still alive somewhere captured and being tested. Maybe those vivid dreams with blurred snapshots of his daughter being tortured were just his way of coping and not being able to believe in his daughter's death. Theses nightmares never ceased constantly tormenting sometimes he couldn't bring himself to sleep afraid of whatever update was happening to his daughter. It soon began to show Hanabi had begun to worry over his health and even went so far as to discuss it was Neji. Of course he chastised her for her foolish thinking. Neji had confronted him, although it was more like "Hanabi-sama is worried for health." then confrontation at all.

Throughout the years he learned to ignore those dreams to the point that his mind had developed a defense mechanism and learned to block them out into blissful nothingness. Nowadays he dreams of nothing which all the better for himself, he has begun focusing himself on training Hanabi to become the future heir. However, even he could see that it is not in her heart to become the head of the clan. Talent she does not lack, no—it's spirit. One can lead a clan but without the motivation then one will lead said clan into ruins.

About two weeks ago a summon appeared before him, it wasn't just any summon though, it was a summon that only those of the main branch could use. To be more specific, it was Hinata's summon. It had been a smaller then average (about the size of a pigeon actually) white hawk named Hato; the bird looked pathetic and funny looking with a small miniature Konoha head band that covered his small head and small blue sling bag but for him at that moment had been a Kami sent gift. The bird small bird only proved that Hinata was alive as it squawked that it had message from Hinata that was "very, very, very important big meanie father-man and cranky boobies needed ta know". He assumed that "big meanie father-man" was himself and "cranky boobies" was the Godaime and if so that bird needed to learn some manners.

Tsunade leaned forward on her desk hands resting under her chin looking dead serious, "We found Hinata," she stated. Judging from Neji's lack of reaction he assumed that he had already known of this little fact and been told not to inform him.

"I am not going to beat around the bushes." She pulled out a beige folder and handed it to him. "Hinata, to be blunt is not well," she informed him while he read through the file. "I do believe she will recover however. There will be some issues about her mental health but that will be for a later time to discuss when she is ready. As for now," she stood up and walked around the desk, "I have been informed that Hinata has awoken. I am sure you will be wanting to speak with your daughter…Normally I wouldn't start questioning someone of her condition off the bat but she is the only one believe who is stabled minded to do so."

She wasn't asking him permission to interrogate his daughter, she was telling him. "Since whatever happened to her had something to do with her kekkei genkai, you will be allowed to stay during her questioning. I hope this isn't an inconvenience for you."

The muscle on his jaw jumped when he gritted his teeth, no the outside he showed no emotion. She gave him a small understanding look before looking ahead once more as they walked. She knew he didn't like it and neither did she apparently but it had to be done. "No Hokage-sama."

The rest of the walk to the hospital was silent, at one point in time Naruto jumped up and landed next to the Hokage, she whispered something to him quickly; he gave a quick nod before leaving once more. Hiashi gave Neji a glance every now and then. He seemed on edge and nearly fidgety like wanted to be anywhere but here at the moment. Had Neji seen Hinata before himself; was that reason for his discomfort? Oh well he will be finding out soon enough what put in that state.

Tsunade had already checked in with Hinata when she had been unconscious, so she had already known what to expect. When she opened the door she saw Sakura speaking softly to Hinata, informing her of the going on's of Konoha while she was giving her a check up. She took notice of how Hinata looked almost paranoid, her eyes never leaving Sakura's hands. All her muscle coiled ready to retaliate at any given moment if Sakura so much as moved her hand to place she deemed suspicious.

"Sakura, go check on the other patients," Tsunade sent a meaningful look to Sakura as she walked out.

"Sakura-san," Hinata called out just before closing the door, "Thank you for not using it."

Tsunade watched Sakura's hand tightened on the doorknob before turning around and looking at her with a bright fake smile plastered on her face, "I'm afraid I don't know what you're taking about but you're welcome." The door closed with a quiet click.

She watched as Hinata continued to stare at the door before her she moved to stare at the closed window the curtains were spread open revealing the starry moonless night. "Hinata," the younger girl remained sitting up hands on her lap looking prim and proper, the girl was refusing to acknowledge their presence. "Hinata," she repeated once more, the cloth under her hands wrinkled.

"I don't know." She whispered quietly.

"What?"

"You want to know why I was taken. That's your answers: I don't know. They never told me specifically why I was there; it took me awhile to figure it out though. They laughed and mocked me, they wore headbands that had a strange symbol…I'm sure you know though."

"Yes, I know." They had wanted to create a new hidden village and take over Iwagakure.

"I remember the first day being there I had managed to get away. I had run promising to get help for the others…there were so many children there. All broken, come to think of it I don't even think those children had ever seen the light of day," she said looking thoughtful. Even as she spoke her eyes never left the window. "There were bars that let out electrical currents; the children were separated from the adults. I remember one day in particular, a year later I think, a child around the age seven I believe who just couldn't take it any more. After year of torment he just gave up, I never knew that if held long enough to the bars you'd catch on fire or that the mere heat would leave you stuck to the metal. The smell, even now I still smell it…sometimes I can hear it. The screams echoing in those hallow walls. I can still see it—"

"Hinata!" Hiashi barked at his daughter.

"Right, right to the point," she murmured more to herself then them. "Hisagi-san told me on the first day more or less why I was there."

"Hisagi-san," Tsunade asked.

"Hisagi-san, you know the man in my shared cell. Iron-Head. Hisagi Yuu. Pretty Boy. My comfort. He told me that I was here because I was special like them. It took me a long while, a long while what was so special about me but one thing became very clear. They were breeding us…like cattle."

She remained quiet, the salty scent of tears permitted the air but noise came from her lips. She move wipe her tears away either, "They took me one day," Tsunade felt her bones run cold. Was she about to explain how they raped her? "Me the rest of the children into a white room, they tied me onto a chair, all the children were in a neat row facing me. They all looked scared. This was the day I figured out my special-ness." She laughed her bitterness evident.

Silence.

"What made you so special?" Tsunade broke the silence.

"They put a coin on the floor at the foot of one the children and asked me to move it."

"Did you move it?"

"No…and they got angry at me when I just sat there staring at the coin. Blood there was lots of it; I remember it splattering on my face and clothes. For every minute that passed by that I didn't do what they demanded of me they would make me watch as they killed a child in the most painful ways that I could ever have imagined." Tsunade heard her voice crack. "There was a child in particular with blonde and blue eyes just like Naruto…only he was different. He pleaded with me through his eyes to do what they demanded of me. I saw the glint of steel before he did, I don't what I did but somehow I made the kunai kill the shinobi instead of the child."

"So you were able to move something with your chakra?"

"No, it was something else. When I moved a felt something warm surge through that left me feeling a high like no other but right after I felt physically drained. I felt so tired and exhausted. Then he came in, he had a bright beaming smile on his face…like he was congratulating me for killing one of his men. He told me to call him Father; he then patted my head condescendingly whispering softly in my ear, 'You wore told to move the coin, how unfortunate.'" Hinata's hitched, she heard her whisper softly to herself he didn't do anything. "After that everything became a blur…that's all."

Hinata sniffled a little before turning to finally look at her, Tsunade gazed at Hinata's tear stained face, her eyes red-rimmed. She held back some information, she thought to herself, Words perhaps that aren't meant for me to hear. "May I speak to my family now, Hokage-sama?"

"Hmm, you may," Tsunade walked to the door but just before she opened the door she looked back at Hinata. Tsunade's eyes harden, no matter what had happened she still needed to be warned. "Hinata, I understand how you may be feeling, but do not threaten those who weren't asking for it. If Sakura felt that you needed to be sedated then so be it, you are in position to be making such threats."

She quietly closed the door behind herself, and began walking down the hall. Her heels made the only sound in the near seemingly empty hospital. She cracked her neck thinking she really needed some sake relieve some of the stress that was starting develop on her shoulders, that or a nice relaxing hot spring…with some sake as a side dish.

"Tsunade-sama," but alas it will have to wait for some other time, Shizune walked over to her with a stack of heavy looking tome. Naruto stood next her with twice as many tome, she could barely make out the tip of his spike blond hair. "None of the other patients have woken up yet and found the book you asked me to find."

Right, research time! Oh Kami she sounded like Jiraiya.

"Tsunade…is Hinata," Naruto trailed off as they walked together to her office.

She didn't need to see his face to know the concern and pained expression was currently showing on his face. "She is fine, a little worse for wear but fine all the same," she reassured him. A little white lie never hurt anybody, it can wait for tomorrow.

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A/N: So I figured you readers would like to know how Hiashi took to his daughter being missing and all. And if you all remember in the beginning I said "rare Shinobi/Ninja POV" and after reading this your probably thinking that lying son ** *****! Well you thought wrong, this in the point of view of a father missing and his daughter and trying to cope. As for Tsunade...well, it was the POV of a Leader handling complications that needed to be tread carefully. That's how I see it anyway -_-:

- - Jostanos - - I'm just putting your name on bold just in case you are one of those people who ignore author notes. No, why do you ask? I actually just thought of it on the spot, spur of the moment you know. BUT I do know how it is going down.

Now just one more thing to add, this last saturday, it was meh birthday and I have finally reach 18 yay! Notice the sarcasm. I went traveling around with family for a little bit and came to a conclusion. All this time has passed waiting to reach that age only find out that nothing really happens. Life goes on and that...wow when we are younger we see our time go by so slow but when reach a certain age (15 for me) life just goes by so fast. *sigh* I wish it didn't go by so fast and done things better. Oh well, who cares anyway. Why am I rambling? It doesn't really matter. By the way fi your still reading this extremely long authors note I just repeat something my mother said to me the day before my birthday.

"Right now, I don't want you messing around with them boy. They will only distract you and mess up your life. And then when your older your gonna think back and realize how stupid you were for messing with boys. I'm lucky so far that you haven't been interested with boys so far-but you will and god as my witness I will disown you if you get pregnant. However if your twenty-three and haven't spoken to boy yet were going to have some problems here and I'm gonna think somethings wrong with you." (I translated it since it was spoken in spanish nagging mother mode). She scares me! O.o