Assassin
Shino x Hinata
Coauthored by Blackdragonflower and Moonwitch
Chapter 16
"Hinata... you're so beautiful..." Hinata woke up realizing she had fallen asleep against Shino. Shino was silently running his agile fingers through her dark purple locks. She remained quiet enraptured by his strong yet gentle touch. "Hinata... I wish you could see what I see..."
At the Hyuga compound Kiba frowned having no luck at all. He thought about entering the Hyuga estate but would immediately be kicked out if he was found. He could think of no other excuse that he would openly be allowed in either to investigate. He racked his brain but was getting nothing.
"Nothing Akamaru what about you?" Akamaru had his nose pressed to the ground but was picking up nothing with his keen sense of smell. A chillingly cool breeze drifted past them that was awkward for the time of year. It reeked of cinnamon.
'Cinnamon? Where have I smelt that before?' Kiba thought to himself.
"Kiba... didn't the training grounds smell like cinnamon the day Hinata was poisoned?" Akamaru barked questioning.
"You're right Akamaru! It did!" Kiba patted his dog's head and they followed the smell to a certain part of the wall. Kiba scratched Akamaru behind the ear, "Stay here boy, I'll be out soon." He hopped over the wall and found himself in the middle of Hiashi's private garden. Quickly he hid in some bushes as three people entered the garden. Hiashi sat next to his daughter Hanabi on a bench but Yukionna stood.
"I want a raise old man..."
"What?! Why should I give you a raise worthless woman?! You've failed twice now!" Hiashi bellowed.
"It's not my fault your daughter screwed up the plan. And how am I supposed to get supplies with the insufficient funds you pay me? I can't just buy some of these things at the regular market without suspicion." Hiashi stood up to meet Yukionna in challenge but compared to her staggering height he was inferior.
Kiba gulped as Hanabi glared over at the bushes where he hid. Her eyes were surrounded by the bulging veins signaling the use of byakugan.
"Father there is a spy in the bushes..." Kiba silently backed away. He was in trouble, deep trouble. The sweet, toxic smell of cinnamon met his sensitive nostrils. He reached back and met a shin. Yukionna smirked and picked him up by the collar.
Kiba barked as loud as he could, "Akamaru! Warn Shino and Hinata! It's her father and sister! The assassin smells of cinnamon!" His voice became muffled. Akamaru whined but took off like his partner commanded. The large white dog raced as fast as he could to the hospital. If dogs could pray Akamaru was certainly doing it. Kiba was bound and gagged.
"Father... it's Hinata's meddling dog boy teammate." Hanabi frowned. She kicked the young male hard in the stomach. It knocked the air from his lungs. Despite her cold, usually emotionless heart Yukionna was feeling a bit of sympathy for the 'mutt'.
"What should we do with him?" Yukionna traced a little of Kiba's fang tattoo then ruffled his dirty brown hair.
"We'll lure Hinata into a trap. By this time that worthless daughter of mine and that insignificant boy have to be catching on that we're involved. We can't have Hanabi's rise to leader of this clan interrupted. I refuse to surrender it to the disgrace." Hiashi growled his displeasure showing.
"You said 'dog boy'? So, I'm assuming he has a dog?" Yukionna stated standing back up.
Hiashi cussed. "That's what all that barking was for! His damn dog is going to warn the other two!" Hiashi picked Kiba up and punched him sending him flying back into the hard cold wall. Kiba coughed up a little blood. The hit on the head had certainly caused a concussion; Kiba began to black out.
"We'll never be able to catch the dog, let alone get near it..."
"Father what we are going to do?!" Hanabi began to slightly panic.
"Patience child. This will all work out in the end. You will be my successor; there is no mistake about that. We are going to finish this, and we'll use her friend here as bait." Hiashi laughed, it held a cruel, sadistic tint that would make many shudder in fear. Yukionna looked at Kiba frowning, even at the assassin academy where she had lived; she had never met such a cruel heartless person bent on such power. She began to wish that she had never agreed to this assignment.
"You better not be trying to drop out, or I'll get rid of you. There is no more room for mistakes, and if you become a liability you will be disposed of." Yukionna's fist curled at Hiashi's dark comment.
"Don't worry. You can't get rid of me that easily..."
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Snap Kiba's in trouble now.
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This chapter done by the talented Blackdragonflower