Hola people! I know I kind of promised Friday, but I had a rough time that day. Just some plans falling through and unreliable people. So I was kind of disappointed and didn't feel like writing. But I have so... Enjoy!

Aishiteru, Hinata-chan

Chapter 18

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Ryo huffed and puffed as he paced back and forth in the living room.

A woman with pearly, white eyes that had no pupils and a braid of long raven hair down her back walked in and sighed. "Ryo-kun," she called.

He glanced at her for a second. "What is it, Tsuki?"

Tsuki flinched slightly. He only took the "chan" from her name when he was truly upset. She sighed again before striding up to him and wrapping her arms around him.

"Gomen, Ryo-kun. Demo… what do you want me to do?" She pulled back and looked into his green eyes.

The eyes she fell in love with.

He sighed and looked away. "I suppose… there is nothing we can do." He sighed again before enveloping her in an embrace. "Gomenosai. I didn't mean to be angry at you. It's just…"

"You just want your daughter- our daughter- to be a great Hyuuga kunoichi, right?"

Ryo nodded, somewhat sheepishly. Tsuki giggled, cupped his cheek, and kissed his him. He blinked before returning the kiss.

"Way to go, Nii-san."

Tsuki gasped and pulled away, blushing. Her fiancé rolled his eyes at his younger brother. "What do you want, Daisuke?"

Daisuke grinned, blue-green eyes twinkling with amusement under his dark bangs. "Well, it's kind of hard for me and Hitan-chan to sleep with all," he gestured to them with a smirk, "this going on."

"Well, shouldn't you two be resting up? Don't you have a pregnant woman on your hands?" Tsuki asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You'll need all the rest you can get, Otouto," Ryo whispered behind his hand. "Trust me. I went through it alre- OW!" He rubbed his head where his fiancé had just hit him.

Daisuke sweat dropped before turning back toward his hallway. "Ehe. Well, I'll just be goi-"

All three ninja turned at the sound of the piercing scream that rang throughout the small one-story house. Not a second had passed before Daisuke ran with a startled cry, "Hitan!!"

With the other couple on his heels, the younger Sanota flung the door open and instantly paled. His brother's stomach lurched and his soon-to-be-sister-in-law turned away in disgust.

Hitan, the Hyuuga princess that had broken all of her clan's rules to marry Daisuke, lay on the bed she shared with her husband, a broad sword stuck through her chest and a knife in her swollen stomach. Blood matted her long, silky raven hair to her forehead over her still open lavender eyes.

In the window above her stood a lean figure clad in black. Its cloak fluttered in the breeze as it regarded them with bored, hard silver eyes. There was no way to be able to tell the gender of the figure without hearing its voice. On its hip was a sheath, supposedly for the sword protruding Daisuke's beloved. A large shuriken was strapped to its back as well.

"My job here is done." The voice was clearly female. She turned to jump away, but barely dodged the kunai that was aimed for her throat.

"You. Will. Die."

Ryo and Tsuki stared incredulously at the usually calm collected Daisuke who now had teeth bared and an inerasable glare glued to his face. He drew a sword, most likely from a seal under his clothes, and charged the murderous woman head on. The couple shared a glance before nodding in silent agreement. The female whisked out of the room as the male ran to assist his brother.

The woman put up a good fight as she withdrew the sword from Hitan's corpse and pitted it against Daisuke's. A split second later, she remembered that another man had been with him.

But a second was all that Ryo needed.

He struck several kunai at her mid-section. Three made contact with her chest, one narrowly missing her heart.

She hissed and tried to shoot for the exit. But, her shirt and cloak were stuck to the wall. She stared with wide eyes as Daisuke thrust his sword through her heart and unmercifully twisted it. Her vision started to blur as she realized something.

Where had the woman that was with them gone?

Tsuki jumped through the window with another Hyuuga, a kunai pressed against his throat and another poking his back. "He says that the elders sent her." Her voice was so full of malice and venom that the male in her grasp whimpered hopelessly.

The female murderer smirked before quickly forming hand signs and holding a fist over her mouth. A blast of fire flew from her mouth and engulfed the entire room.

Ryo covered Tsuki and followed Daisuke as he ran for cover in the hallway. When they returned, the woman's body, as well as Hitan's corpse, was charred and the room was on fire. The walls started to squeal as they weakened.

"Ryo, the baby!!" Tsuki screeched as she tied down the struggling male Hyuuga. He nodded and set off down another hallway, into a dark room. He pulled the wailing infant from her crib and wrapped her in a brown blanket. He sprinted back to Daisuke's room only to stop dead in his tracks and pale yet again.

On the floor of the burning room lay his younger brother with a slit throat. Blood was pouring from his wound and his brother almost lost the contents of his stomach. He then began to wonder how that had happened. But he did not have long, for a sword had made a wide arch and come down right beside him on the floor.

He spun around, holding on protectively to his daughter, to face Tsuki with a crooked sword positioned at him. He blinked.

"Tsuki-chan. What are you doing? We have to get out of here!" Ryo began to drag her out of the room but stopped when she took another swing at his head. He ducked and looked at her incredulously. "What the hell is wrong with you?!!!"

She looked at him with half-lidded, emotionless white eyes. Her skin was paler than normal, but he just thought it was due to seeing her soon-to-be-sister-in-law's bloody corpse. But her words said otherwise. "I must kill you now, Ryo-kun."

His green eyes widened. "N-Nani?!! What the hell are you talking about?"

Without bothering with a response, Tsuki sprinted toward him in a very unHyuuga-like way. Something was off, he knew. She had always prided in her perfect Hyuuga movements.

As he dodged, he noticed that the male Hyuuga that he had seen was nowhere to be found. Odd.

Tsuki did an intricate series of turns and dips that ended up sweeping Ryo off of his feet. He landed with a thud on the wooden floor. She raised the sword high above her head and brought it down. He closed his eyes and held his daughter close to his chest.

He never felt anything. Ryo risked opening his eyes and blinked rapidly.

Tsuki's arms were trembling, the sword hovering inches above his head. Her face was twitching repeatedly as she said, "Get out of here."

"Nani?"

"GET OUT OF HERE YOU BASTARD!!! BEFORE I KILL YOU!"

He scrambled to his feet and barely missed the swipe to his arm. Ryo tumbled out of the door and ran into the forest that surrounded the house. Miles away from the house, he collapsed from exhaustion and emotional overload. Tears fell down his face as he cradled his daughter to his chest in search of some kind of comfort. He gasped as a small hand reached out and touched his cheek. He looked down at her face.

Her green eyes twinkled in the moonlight. She looked back before smiling and giggling softly. This made Ryo smile through his tears and laugh quietly along with her.

"It's you and me now, my daughter. Me and my… Rumiko."

So... How was that? I made it longer for you guys. Hope that made you happy! Now You finally know about Rumiko and Ryo's mother and fiance. Yes, she tried to kill him. Yes, there is a reason behind that. And yes, I will tell you during the father and daughter battle part 2.

So STAY TUNED FOR MORE!!

ja ne,

-Tsunei-chan