Assassin
Shino x Hinata
Coauthored by Moonwitch and Blackdragonflower
Chapter 9
"S-Shino?" Hinata watched him with a tilt of her head. She had heard what Kiba began to yell but wondered if she had heard correctly. Shino turned to her a little stiffer than usual.
"Yes?"
"N-never mind... I-I heard... y-you'll be next door..." Hinata desperately tried to stop stuttering to make herself seem worthier of his affections. Shino's fists were clenching and unclenching in the safety of his pockets.
"Yes. Lady Tsunade has ordered me to protect you."
Hinata looked down at her sheets her eyes sad, "I d-don't w-want y-your protection..." Shino's eyes widened behind his sunglasses. He looked away from her and to her window.
"You don't want my protection?"
"No... I-I don't w-want to b-be w-weak..." Shino turned on her with an almost angry tone yet it remained icily cool.
"Is it weak to cry over the body of a friend who you exceptionally care for? What is weakness to you Hinata? Is weakness never amounting to anything in your eyes? I wish you'd see what I could see Hinata, how much you've changed and grown. There has never been a weak little girl standing in front of me, the only reason that young woman is weak is because she tells herself she is weak." His voice was cold, dreadfully, icily cold, but something else was hidden behind it. Hinata's mouth was slightly parted in surprise. Inwardly Shino cursed such an unseemly display of emotions. He nodded his head towards her, "Goodnight Lady Hinata." He said with the utmost formality. "If you need me I shall be next door." With that the Aburame quietly left the dazed girl.
'Weak only because I believe I am?' She looked at her hands and nearly burst out crying. This was the first time they had ever 'fought'. Hinata hugged her pillow closely into her chest. 'Did Shino cry for me?' With a little sniffle Hinata put her head down on the pillow and tried to go to sleep.
Shino, in the next room, hurriedly undressed and slipped into a pair of light sweats for the night. He plopped down onto the bed and instantly went to the task of falling asleep. His breath slowed and he was out. The assassin watched with a smirk.
'He's still quite the looker... Hmph, they got into a fight?' Yukionna dropped down into the room and padded over to his bed. She could easily choke the boy, or make him bleed to death; it would all be so easy at this point. Shino muttered something inaudible under his breath and turned over. She remembered a night very long ago.
"You have to kill him."
"What?"
"You have to kill him Yukionna. He has failed the test. Let no one know of your task." Yukionna nodded to her master. Her acceptance into the guild would be final if she completed this one task, the killing of her heart and the only friend she had made in this place deemed hell on Earth. That night she crawled in through the window using her special bloodline ability. He looked so peaceful in sleep. His dark brown hair marred any harsh lines or bruises on his face. He whispered her name.
"Yukionna..."
Yukionna stopped for a moment. The knife was in her hand, now all she had to do was slit his pretty white throat. She couldn't bring herself to do it. She closed her eyes and nearly screamed at herself when she heard the groan of death and the knife slicing through artery and flesh. Her best friend was dead, killed by her hand.
Yukionna shuddered at the bloody memory. She hadn't cried then, but every time she remembered it, it became harder and harder not to let a single tear escape. The guild where she was raised after her clan's massacre was brutal; those who did not fight to survive were killed without mercy. Friends, brothers, sisters, they all killed one another for another chance, another day to live. Yukionna hid herself once more when she heard a sound at the door. 'Ah, the Hyuga heiress... Lookie here.' Hinata peeked her head in. Quietly she padded into the room standing tip toe. The kikaichu sensing the familiar presence did nothing to stop her or harm her. She knelt over Shino and blushing kissed his forehead. It was burning hot against her lips. After that she hurried out afraid she would wake him. Her whole body had shook the whole time. 'Aw, kiss and makeup. Poor thing that I have to tear the girl apart. So pretty, but if I killed based on looks I wouldn't be here would I? I'd be out of a job.' The assassin shared with herself an evil laugh in her head. 'Nighty night heir and heiress.'
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Chapter 9 by Blackdragonflower