Chapter 16

Love Is So Twisted

Bandit Of The Northern Star

(Original chapter fromAcquaintances But in whorped reality)

People far and wide were already here, for one thing and one thing only and that was to meet the girl who is going to be bride to Itachi. The one who is to marry such a handsome young man, all they could expect was a lovely bride that'll suit his right arm and he can wear her every where he went. This was the first time they were ever going to meet Lady Haruno, Sakura the one and only daughter of the Haruno clan. Not a famous clan at all, but still it was nice that they would finally learn about them.

Eerie darkness now filled the once bright world that had been filled with love and delusions of lust. The peaceful sanctuary was stirred from it and it had changed the people around to view the world in the way that Hiashi wished it be seen. A simple smile split his face as his horse drawn carriage came into the dark sanctuary, his white horses coming to a halt at the front door. "Now, Neji as soon as the announcement for Itachi-san to marry Sakura-san is made, you announce your own happy engagement with Hinata-sama" Hiashi said as he petted the top of his daughter's head.

As her father and cousin Neji jumped out of the carriage, Neji made to grab at her. She had to comply. She then turned to face her younger sister and help her down; Hanabi was glaring hard and as soon as she was on solid ground clung tightly to her beloved older sister. "I don't like this, nee-chan" she murmured as Neji came and placed his arm around Hinata's shoulders and pushed her away. Hinata looked torn when that happened, but she turned her head slightly and nodded to Hinabi.

The small girl's breath caught for a moment, but she understood. There was something wrong here and if they didn't want to get caught in the crossfire, they were going to have to work together. Pressing both hands together she chanted something under he breath and melted like water onto the ground. Hinata was putting all her hope on her little sister for the while, and then she was going to go help her.

Her father might have never known it, no one did, but she and Hinabi are lovers. They love each other a lot, and they were not about to let their father do something to make everyone in the world miserable, because he was. Taking in all the sight of the dark cold world, she certainly didn't want to live here. "Neji-niisan" she called out "why this all of a sudden, we are cousins, are we not? Why do you want to marry me? Why not Tenten-san?" Neji glanced down at her and nodded towards Hiashi.

"What are you talking about Hinata-sama, you are the one I love and are devoted to for my whole life" In code to this, it was, I am here to protect you from your father, I shall tell you what is going on later. So, Neji was not on this….what was going on. Once they made it to the top stairs and into the castle, everything was luxury and elegance. Inside the huge ball room stood plenty of people already for the show, the place decorated in a heavy dark maroon red and the tables with black table cloth. The food looked delicious and well displayed the windows curtains slightly parted to reveal the ending day. It was a beautiful sight to behold. Her father soon engaged in socializing with the many adults there and Neji pulled her to a more secluded area.

"Neji-niisan" She tilted her head.

"Listen Hinata, since yesterday…or so, I don't know anymore, the sense of time is all out of whack or something. Either way, your father has erased many people's minds, here…." Neji thought about it "All in the sanctuary, what bothers me is why I haven't forgotten or am….I don't know anymore" Hinata nodded and then smiled.

"You do love Tenten-san then" Neji sighed nodding and making Hinata giggle.

"I do, but now she doesn't even know me" he pointed to her; she was talking with Lee a dark bowl haired tall boy with peach skin who seemed to love wearing green everywhere. Looking more around, she noticed every male flirting with a female. None of them were with males, not even Deidara and Sasori, her favorite couple of all time.

One couple she had not met yet, but heard about, was Itachi and Sasuke, and at the moment she could not find them. "Neji-niisan" She fidgeted, if her father had tried to turn every happy couple against themselves, then she and Hinabi were in danger. Her father still had no idea that she and her sister had a relationship going, but one thing was for sure, no magic or nonsense had touched them yet. "I want to help you stop my father"

She was not going to allow this.

"Hinata-sama, it's too dangerous" All her life she'd been treated like the perfect little princess, and she had had enough of playing the damsel in distress. "You are going to stay here and keep pretending that you love me or what not, so please" Hinata gritted her teeth and Neji knew he had displeased her. "Hinata, please" Hinata pouted and looked away.

"Fine" Apparently her sister had been long forgotten, and sometime this night she was going to go and break this spell from her father. She just needed to find the source, if Hanabi had not found it yet. The soft sound of music ceased at that moment and the lights dimmed to make a spotlight for the stairs.

"Everyone, we would like to welcome his highness, Itachi-Sama, and his soon to be mistress, Haruno Sakura-sama" Itachi was handsome and over powering as always, standing beside the beautiful cherry blossom girl, her elegant hair and green gem eyes making her the envy of all flowers. Sasuke who stood next to his parents felt anger bubble past him, as for who he had the anger for, -Itachi or Sakura- he had no idea.

Hinata on the other hand narrowed her eyes, for she could see the distress on Itachi's face and his longing gaze that was being directed into the crowd. When she searched for that person, her jaw nearly dropped at the equally handsome albeit more beautiful than handsome brother. She would have loved to see them both up there instead of Itachi with that girl. It pissed her off beyond belief, and the smile on everyone's face sickened her.

Either way, she had found her target.

Hinabi took a deep breath as she closed her eyes and re-opened them. They glowed as bright as the full moon and she searched the house for the power source. Allowing herself to become cold and into freezing ice, she seeped in through the window and found a dark room. In it, she found a dormant Ino.

She neared the bed slowly towards the blond, the blond looked drained. She was about to touch her when suddenly she heard someone's heavy boots move across the room and towards her, a boy with long hair and an angry expression. "Shikamaru…." She murmured as she moved out of the way and Shikamaru's eyes widen, he had nearly killed Ino himself. It was enough to open his eyes and lift the hex from him. The man began to shake and ask for forgiveness from the comatose girl. "Something isn't right here, what is going on, what's wrong with Ino!" Looking up, Shikamaru bowed his head once more.

"Your father" Shikamaru struggled with his words "Is turning all our lovers against us…" Hinabi's eyes widen. Her Hinata could be in trouble.

"Tell me, what can I do to stop him?"

"There….is nothing you can do" He cried even more and Hinabi started to strangle him.

"Be a man and don't give up" an idea hit her then, hexes weren't hard and Ino was a good teacher of even causing the smallest yet more problematic hexes. "Shikamaru" she smirked "Bend to my wishes, bend to my will, become my puppet, a dog, my servant"

The night gently progressed with people simply talking and soon the dance floor filled. Hinata was getting worried; her little Hinabi was not back yet. "Hinata, may I please have this dance?" Neji asked, he had spotted Itachi out in the dance floor with Sakura, and he wanted to know if Itachi had been affected by the spell or not.

"Sure" Hinata said when she saw her father looking their way, daring her to not accept the dance. Once they were on the dance floor Neji made sure to spin them around hard so that she would bump into Sakura, she being the good little cousin pulled the pink haired girl completely down. Sakura looked pissed beyond belief as she started to yell at the much younger raven haired girl, whom just begun to fake cry and make a huge crowd of people who were worried and soon against Sakura.

Neji came to Itachi's side and murmured "You do still love Sasuke right, you haven't gone insane" Itachi kept looking forward, not even glancing at the long haired male with pale eyes.

"Of course, Sasuke is my world" Itachi didn't even hesitate, Neji smirked and then he decided to step in and help his cousin. If Itachi was still on their side, he wondered who else…..so far it seemed like all the seme's still had their head straight.

Once he helped Hinata he directed them to sit down once again, the party continued and Itachi continued to put up with Sakura. Hiashi on the other hand got himself shitty face drunk and went on to bed with a blond lady with big tits. She claimed to be Tsunade's long lost little sister, thing was she was Tsunade herself with the mentality of a drunk child. Hinata who was not allowed to stay with Neji had to follow her father home and hide in the bathroom while he did his….uh…. 'Business'

Deciding it was her turn to sneak away, she did just that.

After some searching, Hinata made it into the room where Hinabi was. She looked around and noticed that Shikamaru looked like a tall lifeless doll and her little sister was trying to get Ino to wake up. "Hinabi" she called out. Hinabi looked up and smiled.

"Hinata-neechan" She ran towards her and hugged her.

"Hinabi tomorrow is Itachi-san's wedding. Apparently they are wasting no time to wait and let Sakura become eighteen" She glanced at Ino "we don't have much time; I am going to gather every possessed lover. Tonight father is drunk; we can do this without anyone knowing." Nodding her head Hinabi turned to Shikamaru.

"Shika-kun, follow Nee-chan and protect her from anything bad" Hinabi then turned to Hinata "I will try to awaken Ino" Hinata nodded and jumped out of the window followed by Shikamaru who had no other choice but to do as he was told.

"Target number one" Hinata murmured under her breath "Uchiha Sasuke" With that she snuck into his room. To say that she took him by surprise was an understatement; Hinata was going to shake this world to fall into the places she wanted it to.

To unravel me
You need a key.
No key that was made by locksmith's hand,
But a key that only I will understand.
What am I?

Hinata had found the code.

Itachi just stared out to nowhere, he remembered the words his mother and father had spoken to him during the ball. Sakura had jumped all over it and even the pink haired girl's parents seemed exited about it.

'Itachi, you are to marry Haruno Sakura, Tomorrow' everyone who heard, loved the idea.

Out of all the lame lines his parents chose to end the night with, this was the worse. He still had no idea how he was going to get his beloved baby brother back and they were already forcing him to marry to this girl. He needed to end the wedding before it even happened, if he could, deny her and leave her at the alter.

"Sasuke" Itachi whispered longingly as he watched the moon glow at it's brightest.

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