Summary: "AnBu Owl, your mission as stated annihilate the uprising Hyuuga clan, leave none alive. Any left alive aside from afore mentioned Hyuuga heiress, will be seen as disloyalty and you will be immediately dispatched as a Nuke Nin. Do not disappoint us.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto
Chapter Four
Sunshine in the dark
Hinata slowly blinked open her eyes, a small yawn escaped her and she rubbed at her eyes. Her head swiveled around and found she wasn't at the hospital anymore.
'Does that mean it wasn't a dream?' the thought left her nearly crying with joy, but rubbed at the tears furiously not wanting to deny her father's one request he had asked of her time and time again.
'Father…' she winced at the small memories she had of the man she called father; he was such a cold man. But he said it was for the good of the clan? But what happens when there is no clan to better yourself for? What happens after that?
'Do not cry over something so small Hinata, you are the Heiress do you know what that means?' Hinata could hear his voice one of the few times he was gentle and kind with her.
'Because a clan needs someone to look up to, someone they know will protect them without fail. Do not fail them Hinata they need you even if you are weak.' The last words kind of killed the moment but that was her father, he couldn't afford to be soft or kind. Or so he said, that had changed with the birth of her sister who even as a baby was deemed better than her.
Hinata wasn't jealous, this only made her work harder not for her father's approval but to protect her sister. Hinata didn't want the burden of being Heiress shoved onto her younger sister just because of talent.
A hand shifted onto her hair breaking her from her thoughts, Shisui (at least from what she overheard was his name) smiled at her and took her small hand helping her up.
"I-is y-you n-name Shisui?" she asked, he nodded swooping her into the chair she let out a screech of laughter as he did so. This in turn only provoked him to swing her around and cause her to shriek even more.
Shisui couldn't help but grin at the small girl; she was still able to smile even after what she had gone through not but a day ago. Shisui needless to say was impressed; she would prove a good kunoichi that is if she still wished to be one.
"Is there anything you would like to eat this morning?" he asked heading towards his kitchen as he awaited the girl's answer, when he didn't get one he turned around to see what he had fought for as a ninja of the uchiha clan.
Her eyes were soft and wide open, her hand was placed at her lap and she was sticking her tounge out as if deep in thought.
"I d-don't r-really c-care Shisui-Nii." They both paused at the end of her sentence, Shisui-Nii? Hinata looked panicked and quickly opened her mouth to protest whatever she had said.
"I-I'm s-s-s-s-sorry I-I-I d-d-didn't mean to c-call you t-t-t-that I s-s-swear! Y-y-y-you j-j-just reminded me of N-N-Neji a-a-a-and it s-s-s-slipped I'm so s-s-s-sorry!" she stuttered horribly there and her eyes were shiny as if ready for a punishment he would never give.
Shisui picked Hinata up and she hid her face in his chest shaking slightly, he sighed and ruffled her hair causing her to look at him in confusion.
"I don't mind if you called me Shisui-Nii, and as for breakfast…lets go for some dango neh?" Hinata smiled and poked him, Shisui almost laughed she had gone from almost crying to poking someone for cheering her up.
"D-Dango I-isn't a breakfast f-food." She chided him not really sounding as if she cared either way, Shisui chuckled.
"Well they do have a rather nice tea, and how is it not a breakfast food my cousin eats there constantly when given the chance you know." Hinata's nose scrunched up a weak attempt at a glare but to Shisui reminded him of a pout.
"D-Dango I-is sweet, a-at l-least t-that's w-what I h-have b-been t-told, a-and y-your c-cousin s-should e-eat better." He bit his lip to keep from roaring in laughter; this little girl was talking about Itachi as if he didn't know what he was doing! It was refreshing to say the least, but what had him reeling was the fact that she had only heard of dango.
"You mean to tell me, that you've never had dango before?" she nodded shyly and Shisui quickly took her to his room and rummaged through his clothes.
"Shisui-Nii?" he pulled out an old shirt and pants and proceeded to measure her size with the Sharingan before throwing the clothes onto the table and getting out a kunai.
"I'll get you some new clothes after this for now though we're getting you that dango." Hinata's head tilted to the side like a confused puppy causing Shisui to work faster.
"W-what's so special about dango?" Shisui's hands paused and he playfully glared at her.
"You'll understand when we get there." He said handing her the clothes, he knew he would get in trouble for the shirt bit later but he seriously needed to get this girl some dango.
Hinata stared at the clothes once he had left, dark grey sweats newly made (she had seen him do this with her own eyes!) covered her ankles and were easy to move in. The shirt was a charcoal black with a white strip of cloth to tie around her waist since it was still a little big; on the back was some sort of design like she had, had on her clan walls.
Shisui walked in only moments later before picking the girl up and onto his back, she wrapped her arms around his neck still fearful of this new height difference.
"Y-your v-very t-tall." Shisui nodded.
"It would seem so Hinata." He responded resisting the urge to glare at the citizens whose whispers were becoming more and more insulting not just to Hinata but to him as well.
His sharingan spun lazily and the people who saw instantly whether they were speaking of him or the heiress or not shut up.
Once she was seated at the seat at the dango shop's bench he ordered some tea and dango, since she protested nothing of the sort on his order.
Hinata deciding now was as good a time as ever to ask she spoke up softly.
"Shisui-Nii c-can I a-ask you something?" Shisui nodded he knew children were usually full of questions at her age from watching Sasuke.
"We fight as ninja for Konoha, so w-why do we better o-ourselves for our c-clans a-and not the village?" he gaped or would have had he not been Uchiha, what kind of question was that?
"What do you mean Hinata-Chan?" He asked politely sincerely curious as to what the little girl thought for such a rather complex (even to adults) question.
Hinata blushed lightly at the added chan suffix but looked up a tiny but steady resolve being built. All because he was there to listen to her, she poked her fingers together and began softly.
"W-well w-when I w-was s-six f-father had me study t-the shinobi w-wars, and t-their clans. T-the s-senju and U-uchiha clans were some of the v-very b-best." Shisui nodded gesturing for her to continue.
"W-well a-ah the first H-Hokage and U-Uchiha Madara fought at the valley of the end. B-but I read a story behind it, M-Madara wasn't e-evil like the stories g-go." Shisui raised a brow had she looked deeper into the facts beyond the myths and legends told as a scary story to a child?
"H-he had lost his l-little b-brother in the w-war…" She frowned a somber expression painted onto her face. Shisui narrowed his eyes, how much information was this girl distributed?
"M-Madara became bitter b-but w-when the S-Senju and other clans offered a treaty, h-he accepted f-for his clan. B-but as t-time gradually m-moved on s-so did M-Madara's patience, he wanted to strike back at Hashirama Senju. But he was thought of as ruthless, w-wanting t-to start up old wars again….I don't think that was it…" Hinata paused and looked up at her Shisui-Nii.
His eye brows were drawn together and a look of curiosity (though subtle) was gleaming in his dark eyes.
"Continue Hinata-Chan, I would like to know more." Hinata nodded and took a few deep breaths.
"I think h-he was angry…Because his clan was being forced down b-by our f-first Hokage. So o-one D-day he left, r-returning only to be k-killed by Hashirama Senju a-at the v-valley of the e-end." Shisui nodded as the dango was placed in front of them.
"How does an old war you've never seen value your opinion here, Hinata-Chan?" He said passing her a small skewer of dango.
Hinata blushed and ducked under her bangs quietly poking her fingers together. Shisui almost smiled at her behavior but did not waiting for his final conclusion from her on the matter.
"Well I-if we d-don't learn f-from the p-past…I t-think history w-w-w-will repeat I-itself. W-what good w-was the w-war then? W-we were all j-just a p-pack or people fighting for b-blood. A b-bunch of c-clans, what good I-is being I-in a c-clan I-if y-you only want to s-start another war? Lose m-more of y-your precious people?" Hinata's eyes became frosty and Shisui knew her father had missed a great heiress by belittling her as much as he had done.
Moreover though Shisui was shocked had she been raised as an Uchiha she would have been a child prodigy and that was only for her mental abilities. Shisui knew that the Hyuuga used force, but they needed a mental leader sooner or later.
Had Hinata not been ignored and abused as much as he had assumed she would have been Itachi's rival in the later years when they both ran the clans as their heads.
Though it was far too late for that, Shisui mused silently as they exited the stands. Hinata's eyes widened when they got to the Uchiha compound, it was…it was him!
Author's note: sorry for the wait! But this gave me some trouble…as for how Hinata knows so much she had a lot of scrolls tossed her way as a child. We all know Hinata will be willing to do anything for her comrades so…giving her father's words here…It makes perfect sense!