Koishii (Beloved) Part XII
By: Rylolynn
This is the sequel to Shadow of Hinata continuing after Shino and Hinata's first kiss.
Summary: Hinata and Shino share an empathic bond that is tied to their feelings for each other. (If the premise sounds familiar it is loosely based on Imzadi.)
Team 8 are now all Chuunin ranked ninja. (Timeline wise, Tsunade is Hokage, Naruto is away training, Sauske is a expletive who ran away with Orochimaru—basically a little before the Shipuuden series, pre-time-skip.)
Warning: lovey dovey fluff, WAF (warm and fuzzy) prolly a little angsty too. Takes a different direction then the canon.
A/N: Imzadi belongs to Peter David, Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
This chapter mentions scenes from Kakashi Gaiden
Italics: Thoughts or flashbacks
Koishii (Beloved/yearned for)
Shitawashii (beloved/dear)
Hitai-ate (Forehead Protector)
Previously
Her mother died of a tumor that gave her an incredible ability. An ability she now shared, along with her fate.
"Fate?" Hinata whispered.
Shino felt afraid. He was afraid of losing her.
Part 12
He almost forgot what it was like to be him. The old him. The him before Hinata.
He wouldn't say he was "moody," well not out loud at least.
The stoic façade that the world saw was not him. No one knew what he was inside, other then the fact that he was filled with insects. It is true that he is literally a house for bugs, but that isn't all that he is.
Shino knew that is all that everyone else saw.
The quiet Aburame would smirk at this. He would have to agree with everyone.
It was true, he was his hive; and at least to them he was important. They made him whole.
Hinata made him complete.
But now he felt turmoil and he felt empty.
He had grown accustom to the calm the shy opal eyed kunoichi allowed him.
His beautiful koishii had given Shino something he never knew he could have.
"What will I be…without you?" disgust hate and self loathing overcame him.
How selfish am I--thinking about myself?
For the second time in his life he wished his life could be taken to spare someone he loved.
The kikai within stirred under his skin. Their angry movements brought Shino to his knees.
Shino's hive was reacting violently against him. It was as if their actions were an attempt to break his train of thought.
"Our life" The kikaichu spoke to him, but the young insect wielder was having difficulty understanding them.
"Your mate…"
"Hinata…"
"…save her."
"I wish I knew how."
The room was quiet and Hinata was motionless, she held her breath for a moment.
"Is this what it would be like if I didn't exist?"
And in an instant Hinata's index fingers found each other and nervously tapped together repeatedly.
"I choose to become better then I am… because that is my ninja way." Hinata repeated to herself. "I decide…on my terms."
Long raven hair swayed as Hinata shook her head.
"Stop. I'm done." She let all the visions of the things she would miss and the things she would never get a chance to miss, slip through her mind.
Neji's words echoed through her thoughts and she knew she was done giving up.
With a flash Kakashi was before her.
An image of orange goggles flashed through her vision.
Hinata cocked her head slightly as her pale eyes widened.
Kakashi, the legendary Scarecrow, the Blade of Kohona, the next in line to be Hokage--was on time.
The small Huuyga clan leader gasped.
He was early.
The elite jounin ran his fingers through his silvery hair.
"Yo!"
"Kakashi-sensi…w-what news do y-you bring?" Hinata said in almost a whisper.
"We have found a way…"
A flash of orange goggles surfaced in Hinata's mind once again. They were pressed onto the forehead of a young brown haired boy. He was breathing heavily. Hinata's eyes roved over the young boy who looked to be a little younger then herself.
He was pinned under a boulder.
"Rin" The boy sputtered.
She knew that tone. That look. The boy was in love with the girl he just beckoned.
The girl's eyes widened as he whispered his last words into her ear. It was not an admission of love, like Hinata thought. It was a request.
A request that would forever change the future of Hatake Kakashi.
Hinata blinked the memory that was not her own away.
Her eyes focused on the tilted hitai-ate that covered Kakashi's one eye. His sharingan eye.
The silvered haired jounin closed his eyes for a moment.
"But there is a price…"
Kakashi's small hand griped the oversized orange goggles in his hands then softly placed them on the cold stone.
Etched in the gray marble was the name Uchiha Obito.
Crouched in front of the grave, the young Kakashi gripped his left eye as if it was that day again. The day his eye seared in pain, blood dripping from between his fingers in a futile attempt to cover his face. The day that Obito was finally able to activate his sharingan.
The day that he had died.
The day that Obito, with the help of Rin, gave him something he never asked for.
The day he lost something far greater.
Kakashi's memories were interrupted by the image of a raven haired Uchiha, then of a blond orange clad shinobi.
"All is not lost… Naruto and Sasuke will return safe… There is a way." Hinata voice was a soft whisper to his ears but bold and confidant in Kakashi's mind.
Ok, lucky you, my uplifted spirits have come down again. So angsty me brings you more of our little story.
What the poor have, the rich want, and if you eat it you die?
Nothing…which is what I have in my bank account -sigh-
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