Hi-ya readers, I'm sorry If I didn't update quick enough, I had planned to do it yesterday but I had to register for summer school (I'm taking Health, I'd rather get it out of the way in the summer then waste a whole semester in school) so I updated today. Lol well enough of my excuses. On with the story. (P.S. please forgive any grammer mistakes)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Hinata looked at her room with a bright smile, it had one bed in the corner and a desk for her studies in the opposite corner, a small bathroom, and a window showing a beautiful tree along with a large section of the school's stunning landscape. Her room was separate from the other dorms, it was on the first floor only a hallway away from the main clinic, in which Kabuto worked at. Sasuke helped lug in the last box of her clothes, while Kisame, Deidara, and Sasori headed to their proper classrooms claiming they had to prepare for the students coming back from vacation.
"Well this is the last of them" he sighed, wiping sweat from his brow with the back of his hand.
"Thank you Sasuke, for everything" she smiled sweetly bringing color to her pallid face, her eyes gleamed with serene joy, Sasuke couldn't help but note how much healthier she's gotten, she was still severely underweight, but her hair shimmered nicely in the sunlight, her scars were slowly but surely fading, he couldn't say the same thing for the scars in her mind and heart, those still needed extensive work. But her skin didn't look as sickly and rotten, it now had more of a glow. She was slowly becoming beautiful; if an average person were to look at her they'd only see a thin girl with strange pale eyes. But Sasuke had spent time with her and he could envision how gorgeous she'd look like once she gained weight and over came her fear. Just the thought of how she'd look like brought dirty thoughts to his mind, and colorful sensations to his body.
"Sasuke, where is your dorm?" she asked out of curiosity.
"Its on the other side of the campus, my room number is 112, if you ever feel like you need my help, or if you don't feel comfortable I want you to come straight to my room." He looked at her with a solemn countenance and took her shoulders in his hands so that she looked straight into his dark ebony eyes.
"Promise me that if you're ever in trouble you'll come straight to me"
"What are you talking about, what kind of trouble?" Hinata was beginning to get scared at Sasuke's grave plea. Sasuke realized he was frightening her and stopped talking.
"It's okay I'm not saying you'll get in trouble, I'm just saying I'll be there if you need me, I have some friends here at school, I'm sure you'll like them so you can count on them too." Just as Sasuke finished saying this his cell phone began ringing, he looked at the caller ID and sighed heavily "stupid loser calls at the worst time."
"What do you want Naruto?"
Hinata heard a complaining mumble coming from Sasuke's phone.
"So what if I haven't called you, you're not my mother, go stuff your face with ramen and leave me alone I'm busy"
This time she heard an accusing voice ring out from his phone.
"None of your business"
"What do you mean 'why am I in a girls dorm?' are you stalking me? Where the hell are you?"
A loud knocking erupted from Hinata's dorm.
"Sasuke it's me! Let me in" Naruto's muffled cries penetrated the thick wooden door.
"Hurry up and open the door Uchiha, I can't stand another moment of this retards yelling" hollered an unfamiliar voice.
"Shut up Kiba you're so mean" complained Naruto.
Sasuke forced himself not to roll his eyes, How the hell do these two know I'm here?
"Alright shut up already!" Sasuke walked to the door and flung it open, revealing a whimsical Naruto and a wild Kiba giving him suspicious looks.
"Who told you I was here" he muttered darkly.
"Well I was on my way to my dorm to call you cuz you never answer my calls but then I ran into Mr. Deidara and he mentioned you being in here helping some girl move in" he said looking at Hinata with an inspective eye seizing her body up and down with his crystal blue eyes.
"Yea and I came looking for you because Kurenai said that she needed to speak with you about some new student or something like that" he added, his eyes heatedly observing Hinata as well, he looked at her in the eye and cracked a wolfish smile, with a friendly gesture he held out his rugged hand.
"Hi I'm Kiba" he murmured, he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "Sorry for coming in like this"
Hinata looked at his hand and looked at Sasuke wondering if she should shake his hand as well. He silently nodded and Hinata returned the handshake with a smile.
"I'm Hinata" she whispered.
"You have weird eyes" Naruto commented bluntly.
Hinata cast her eyes on the floor, ashamed for no apparent reason.
"Hey quit harassing her" snarled Sasuke.
"Oh sorry I didn't mean it in a mean way, they look cool, I feel like I've seen them somewhere" Naruto smile brightly, his blonde hair shimmering and gleaming.
"Tell Kurenai I'm on my way" he snapped.
"Who is Kurenai?" Hinata squeaked.
"She's the girl's Dorm Mother" spoke Kiba.
Hinata looked at Sasuke for a clearer explanation. But he only glared at the two intruders with bleeding eyes.
"So are you the new student?" added Kiba his eyes locked with Hinata. Hinata felt very vulnerable under his wild eyes, but at the same time the atmosphere Kiba and Naruto were creating was very relaxing, the tension was so low and serene. I wonder if all of Sasuke's friends are this nice, perhaps school won't be so bad, maybe if I just stay near Sasuke and his friends I'll eventually forget about all the girls that lurk around the hallways.
Hinata couldn't help but give a big smile at Kiba and Naruto. Sasuke saw her smile and stared at her with shocked eyes but regained his composure. She looked really cute right now, she needs to smile like that more often, but not for these two clowns. Why doesn't she smile like that when she's around me? Sasuke grew jealous with Kiba's and Naruto's interference and his eyes bleed even more until they accumulated to their fiery red pigment.
"Hey Sasuke what's wrong, you angry or something?" remarked a curious Naruto.
Sasuke cursed at Deidara for blabbing where he was, he damned him with every colorful word he could muster. Damn that censoredDeidara, that little censored, once I get a hold of him I'll censored and censored until his fucking censored, then I'll censored... More curses fluttered through Sasuke's mind while everyone continued to stare at him waiting to hear his answer.
"um… Sasuke?"
"Huh" he looked at everyone with an annoyed stare. "Oh yea, Kurenai"
"Hinata you stay here and unpack your clothes I'll be back in a little bit and you two follow me" he pointed an accusing finger at Kiba and Naruto. They both looked at each other giving disappointed sighs, they had hoped to stay longer with the girl Sasuke was actually being nice to.
All three men entered the hallway and walked at a brisk pace to Kurenai's office. But Sasuke hastily stopped, he seemed troubled and his eyes glowed red from the stress. If I'm going to protect her, staying away from her really is the best thing, but I can't do it, I might be selfish but I want to be with her, I want her to be mine and mine alone. But I've got to admit I'll need help for that to work, and even though I hate to admit it even more but Naruto is the person I trust most and Kiba is also reliable… I could ask some of the others but I'd rather keep this low maintenance.
"What I'm about to tell you, you must not repeat in front of anyone else" he whispered darkly.
"What's going on Sasuke, your eyes are like red, they usually don't get that red unless your fanboys try getting frisky with you, did you run into one on the way to school" commented Naruto
"Naruto I'm being serious" snarled Sasuke
So was I, stupid Sasuke.
"The girl I'm helping out, Hinata, has gynophobia" muttered Sasuke with a grave tone.
"Ewww, and I shook her hand, is it contagious, should I go to Mr. Kabuto and have him give me a cure" squealed Naruto, looking at his body as if he were infected by a lethal virus. Kiba hit Naruto harshly over the head for his stupid presumption.
"Gynophobia is the fear of women, you dumbass, even I know that" retorted Kiba.
"Oh… I knew that"
"Naruto, shut up and listen, she's had a really rough life and my brother asked me to take care of her at school."
"How are you going to do that with all your fangirls?" interrupted a curious Kiba seeing the flaw in Itachi's request
"That's why I need your help, during school I'll try to avoid her so that I don't cause suspicion with any of the girls, but she's completely ignorant about school society so she'll need help during school. I'll try to help out as much as I can, but I need you guys to help me" he gritted the last part with a bruised and battered pride.
Naruto and Kiba looked at each other with open eyes. To tell you the truth this was such a strange request from Sasuke that they didn't really know what to say. But they don't abandon a friend in need so they nodded in consent with Sasuke's plan.
"Yea sure we'll help, I can tell everyone else to help too" Naruto flashed his believe-it smile and dragged Kiba to the boy's dorms.
"See ya later Sasuke!"
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Night time came quickly; it was Hinata's first time sleeping in her new room, the bed felt so comfortable that she fell asleep moments after her head hit the pillow. Yet her dreams were plagued by sick memories, her old scars ached and she turned and moaned in horror in her sleep.
The pair of scissors gleamed like wicked fangs against the small beam of light. Her mother was very upset today, so very upset. She descended down the stairs with her hair tangled and sweaty, her eyes were wild, she had a new breed of anger thriving in her, and Hinata was the one to suffer for it.
"Mama no! s-s-top" her feeble pleas were drowned in agonizing pain, as her mother drove the sleek scissors into Hinata's leg. Her body flooded in anguish and hot searing pain, ruby droplets of blood fell, whispering their final prayers to Hinata as they pattered to the grimy floor.
Hinata clenched her gash and tried to crawl away, her small body took ragged breathes, she shook like a small tree against ferocious winds. She cried bloody murder as her mother grabbed a fist full of her hair and dragged her back, butchering her flailing arms.
"I hate you, you stupid girl, just die!"
"Those fucking eyes I hate them!"
Her mother flung the scissors at Hinata slicing her shoulder.
"Mama s-s-stop, I d-don't want t-t-o die"
"I'll be g-g-good don't h-hate me… don't kill m-me!"
"Shut up!" Her mother slapped her face with a sinister hand, Hinata screamed, her cheek throbbing with the pain only a mother can give her daughter. She began gasping for breath, the air seemed to be thinning, Hinata coughed and sputtered blood, dripping the precious life source all over the books that stood in solemn silence, staring at her agonizing abuse. It was as if they too were petrified of her mother's terrible wrath. Hinata's sleek lavender eyes cried tears that refused to stop running down her hollow cheeks. The tears fled from her eyes, escaping the horrible sight, they would rather seek refuge with the blood on the floor than stay in her pathetic body.
"M-m-mom, -cough- -wheeze- I don't w-w-want to d-die."
"I don't want to die!"
Hinata woke up covered in a cold sweat, her heart was racing a million miles, tears fell unconsciously from her face. Her entire body shook with fear, she breathed heavily panting like a fox fleeing from savage hounds. It was just a dream. She drew her knees to her chest sobbing uncontrollably. She slowly crawled out of bed and opened the window to breath some fresh air, her room seemed to stuffy, it felt suffocating.
"It's all his fault" she whispered darkly. "That man, my father"
Her stomach clenched horribly at the thought of him. She wanted her revenge, that man caused her so much suffering, the death of her mother isn't enough to heal her aching body, no, her father must suffer as well.
"I wonder when Itachi will return… I need him to tell me who he is" Hinata anxiously tried to calm her self down, but immediately tensed when she heard a soft chuckle.
"Hinata, have you ever heard of the saying…
… Speak of the Devil and the Devil shall appear"
Hinata gasped and turned to find Itachi lazily sitting on her desk, flaunting a cheeky smile.
"Hello Hinata" he spoke deeply with a small smile.
"Are you ready to hear what I have to say, you might not like my proposition, but in exchange I'll tell you everything you want to know about your father" he smiled with a flashy Cheshire Cat grin.
Hinata nodded her head vigorously. "What do you want?" Itachi stood up and strolled to Hinata, her skin glowed against the moons eerie radiance. Well it certainly seems like she's been eating, still as thin as a stick but her face looks healthier. She'll grow into something deliciously delectable if she continues growing like this, perhaps when she's filled to my liking I might have to snatch her from Sasuke.
"I need you…. To help me with something" he purred.
"With what?" she shivered slightly under his ravenous gaze.
"You recall how your mother's murderer looks like, correct?"
Hinata stayed silent, she had given Itachi a vague description of the man that killed her mother, not because it was 'too dark to get a good like at' which was the excuse she had given him when he asked about the murderer, she refused to tell him because there was no way she'd betray the man that saved her from her dark hell, he was her messiah.
"I already told you it was too dark to see him" she lied, she backed away from his tensed form, yet he continued to get close to her until she was back up into the piece of wall between her bed and her window. He leaned into her ear and grabbed her shoulder with a gentle force.
"Hinata you can't lie to me, I know why you're protecting him but this little game is going to end, see it from my point of view, this man is a ruthless drug dealer who has killed many people and sold millions of dollars worth of drugs on Konoha's streets, he isn't a kind man, he killed your mother in cold blooded murder, he would have killed you too if we hadn't come." Itachi hissed in her ear with frustration. Hinata continued to stay silent. When she didn't say anything Itachi continued leaning even closer pressing his body near hers in an attempt to intimidate her.
"I'm not asking for a lot, I just need you to help me out, you know who he is, you can help if you agree to perhaps go undercover and I.D him for me, that's all I'm asking, don't you want to know who your father is, the man that left you with that whore of a mother" Itachi huskily whispered in her ear, each word dripping with tempting persuasion.
Hinata bit her lip in confusion. Her brow burrowed into a frown, she thought long and hard about her choices. Do I rat out the man who saved my life and get my revenge on my father, or do I keep quiet and live with regret gnawing on my innards until I die? Also I would have to go undercover, what if I get into danger, I'm barely given the chance to live and Itachi wants me to risk dieing.
"Hinata, I would like to point out that you don't have much of a choice, either you help or well… a man has more than one way to get information from a woman" He said darkly he breathed heavily on her neck, biting her slightly, whispering to her that he would definitely go that far to solve this case.
"Don't think I'm not willing to get dirty to find this guy little Hinata, and don't expect any sympathy from me just because I'm aware of your history, if I don't find this guy soon it'll mean a lot of trouble for my department and I'm already in boiling water with my father." He hissed pressing against her until there was not a space between their bodies. She began shaking, she looked into Itachi's eyes only to find them dangerously red.
"Well, are you going to tell me or do I need to persuade you more" he purred, he slithered his hand under her shirt. When Hinata felt his rough fingers rubbing her waist she squeaked and tried to push him away.
"I'll tell you, please get away" she whispered shrilly pushing his impenetrable chest away from her scrawny body.
Itachi slowly released her and took a few steps back to give her room to breath.
"Wonderful, I knew you'd do the right thing" he smiled happily clapping his hands together in satisfaction.
Hinata stared at him with a gaping mouth. Just what kind of man is he, first he's intimidating and now he acts like as if nothing happened, Sasuke was right I better keep my distance from Itachi, he reeks of hazardous peril.
She told everything about the man's description to Itachi, from his lengthy ebony hair to his pale complexion… she had memorized his features into her heart hoping that if they were to ever meet she'd be able to thank him, even if he was a murderer. But now she felt dirty betraying him, here she was singing like a bird yet in the end he would get caught and be thrown in jail.
After Hinata finished telling him, she glared at him muttered angrily.
"So where's the information about my father?" she accused with her hand held out.
Itachi looked at her and grinned playfully. "About that… I lied, I can't be giving such information to just anyone, sorry Hinata"
"What!" Hinata stood up her body shaking uncontrollably. "But you said if I told you, you'd tell me about my father" her eyes began brimming with tears.
"I'm just kidding, my goodness nobody ever laughs at my jokes" he sighed, he reached on the desk to grab a plain manila folder with a thick amount of papers stuffed into it.
"Here you go Hinata, everything you want to know about your family is inside this folder, don't show it to anyone else" he warned "don't tell anyone I gave this to you either"
Hinata angrily grabbed the folder and checked inside to see if it was really true, she gazed back at picture of her father and another man she didn't know, yet they both had the similar pale eyes. This folder was the real deal. Itachi strolled to the door and closed it behind him. But he suddenly stopped and looked back.
"Oh I just remembered something" He reached into his pocket and handed her a small cell phone, "I recalled on my way here that having Sasuke be your escort for school probably wasn't the best idea, but I have programmed his number in that phone just in case you're ever in trouble, school will be starting soon so think of it as a bonus for helping me out… my number is in there also, feel free to call me as well" he slyly winked at her, which caused Hinata's stomach to clench.
"I'll be dropping by again to inform you about what you'll need to do for your undercover part, once I get a good lead I'll call you so be expecting my visit soon" he murmured with a placid grin.
"Thank you for being considerate of me Itachi" she mumbled forcibly.
"Think nothing of it Hinata, I'll be asking Kisame how your progress at school is, so behave" he smiled and left with a quiet click of the door. Hinata quickly dove straight for the folder and read its entire information word by word.
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Gaara gazed wistfully out of his window, I heard that idiot of a teacher Deidara mention that the new student is a thin girl with white eyes… Hinata what have you gotten yourself into, if you attend school with that bastard Uchiha you'll just break Your far too fragile for the likes of Uchiha, when will you realize that you already belong to me, if you try to escape from me you'll only run into more misfortune. Uchiha is Danger itself, little lamb. He will cause you more pain than relief. But it will be okay, I will save you yet again, I won't let Uchiha touch you, for I am more dangerous than Danger, Danger and I are two lions born on the same day, yet I am the older and more terrible.
I hoped you all enjoyed the chapter. Things are certainly getting interesting hmm. My next update will be very soon since I have already finished typing out ch. 7 But like I said feel free to drop a review and give me your thoughts on the chapter, if you want to share ideas my ears are open and my mouth is shut. I don't bite lol. -Review Whore signing out-
On the next Oh how the silent tremble:
Gaara has reappeared and it seems he wants Hinata all to himself, will Sasuke take this lying down? Just how far is he willing to go to get Hinata for himself? Deidara seems to be causing some tension as well, what does our pervy Home Ec. Teacher have up his sleeves? Also Hinata takes a surprising encounter with her mother's murderer, but there's more to this man than meets eye, will she warn him of Itachi or keep her trembling mouth silent? My the drama!
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