There were a lot of things he had said about his oldest daughter, like deeming her a failure because of her lack of self confident. Before and after the Hyuga Affair, he trained her in hopes that she would become the successor of the clan, but when that seemed to be a loss cause he had loss all hope in her, seeing that she would not be a good successor and turn his attention to her younger sister Hanabi.
When she had graduated from the academy as a ninja, knowing the possibilities were high of her dying on a mission, that didn't effect him and he curtly told her teacher Kurenai Yuhi so. Disowning her for some time, he didn't take notice in her again until after the Chunin exams when she stood up for herself against Neji.
He watched as she gradually became stronger and more confident in herself during the years that passed, he always saw her training, if it wasn't with him, Hanabi, or Neji and his team, she would be training with hers or alone, coming home late most of the time. She learnt most of the clan's techniques and made some moves of her own, her personality didn't change much, but he somehow knew, because of him and how he treated her, she was the way she was.
Hiashi felt a tinge of guilt in his stomach, he had since that time tried to show Hinata, that he did care for her, he was proud at her, when she showed her bravery when she fought the Diva Path. She was now strong enough to protect, her family and that enough could satisfied him.
Walking into the Hokage's office Sasuke face was adorn with a scowl.
"Well?" he asked.
He's been here for half a year, his sentence should be almost over, even if he couldn't leave, being watched ANBU everytime he wasn't with Naruto on someone was something he rather do without. Seriously like the chakra sensor Tsunade placed on him wasn't bad enough, saying that this was her way of keeping him put in the village. The other part of his punishment was that he was to do whatever she asked of him, which meant whatever missions she has for him to do, he must do them, Tsunade was such a conniving woman.
"I can add on more time if you keep this attitude up Uchiha." the blond woman stated.
Sasuke glared at her, as if telling her 'don't fuck with me'. The Hokage's smirk was satisfactory as she watched the nineteen year old's face.
"Since you openly stated hundreds of times that you don't need to be followed, I'm taking all ANBU assigned to watching you off. The chakra sensor will stay on until I'm sure you won't try to leave the village but even if you try you won't succeed."
The raven gave a snort to that.
"Are you done?" he asked.
It was Tsuande's turn to glare at the male, she was debating in her head whether to send him in the hospital or not. She let out a long sigh and closed her eyes.
"Yes. I am. Now go before I decide to put you in the hospital for a month." she threatened.
To this Sasuke snorted again before leaving.
The 5th Hokage watched as the boy left, she sighed again knowing that because of the chakra sensor that was the only reason the last Uchiha still here in the village. She still remembers how he acted when she placed it on him.
She made a hand sign and the Uchiha instantly tightened up, before he glared at her.
"What the fuck was that?" he hissed.
The Hokage smirked.
"It's just a jutsu that locks away your chakra everytime you decide to leave the village on your own accord." she told him.
"How exactly does it do that?" he asked again his anger clearly written in his body language.
"The chakra sensor works with how your emotions go and somehow with your thoughts, so depending solely on the situation you are in and your emotions and thoughts, the sensor will kick in, cutting of your chakra and basically leaving you like a cripple man." she explained.
Sasuke was so angry that he attacked her, but as soon as he was close enough he dropped to the floor with a pain expression, his whole physique seemed to be out of order, so he opted to glare at her, letting out an inhumanly growl.
"Face it Uchiha, you're staying put in this village." she told him.
Hinata listened to the squeaky sound the swing made as she swung back and forth, letting the air rustle through her hair as she tilt her head back watching the clouds and humming to herself with a small smile on her lips.
"I thought I could watch the clouds here alone." a voice said from behind.
Hinata looked up startle as she turned to see a bored looking Shikamaru with his hands stuffed in his pockets. Her smile seemed to get wider as he gave her a lazy one in return.
"Oh Shikamaru-kun!" she greeted.
"Hey Hinata." he said.
"Were you going to watch the clouds?" she asked.
"Yeah. But you're here so I'll just go somewhere else." he said turning to leave.
"Ah wait Shikamaru-kun! You can still stay and watch the clouds I won't bother you." Hinata said.
The Nara turned to stare at the blue haired kunoichi, she was too kind for her own good, often being very considerate, putting other people before herself. He sighed walking over to where she was he laid down staring up at the clouds as he listened to Hinata swing.
"What does that one look like?" she asked.
Shikamaru stared at the cloud picturing something in his head.
"To me it looks like Choji eating a chip." he said as he yawned.
Hinata giggled, now that she thought about it, the cloud really did look like that.
"Ok what does that one look like?" the male brunette asked the shy girl pointing at a cloud.
Hinata giggled again, that one was easy it it looked like a cinnamon roll to her.
"A cinnamon roll." she answered.
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at her.
"Are you hungry Hinata?" he questioned.
She blushed as she looked at him.
"No." she responded.
The shogi loving ninja chuckled before he yawned.
"I'm just going to fall asleep anyways, so unless you want to listen to me snore, you better get going." he said.
Hinata only smiled.
"It's fine. I don't mind." she said.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru murmured closing his eyes.
Hinata gave him a confuse look and was going to ask him what he meant, but when she heard him snore she thought against it and kept on watching the clouds and humming softly to herself again.
Walking into the interrogation room, the four ANBU surrounded the masked man chained to the chair.
"We have a few questions that we want you to answer." The ANBU captain said.
The man gave a dark chuckle.
"You're not going to get anything out of me." he said.
Behind the captain's Bird mask he smirked.
"We'll see." he said motioning for the lone woman in the room to come forward.
"This may hurt a little." she said making the required hand signs and placing her palm to the man's covered head.
The man's body began to shake and he started screaming.
"Easy." they captain urged.
"Sorry captain." the woman said as the man screams turned into soothing sounds.
The cat masked ANBU took her hand from the captive head and the man slumped in the chair asleep, the woman turned to the other three in the room and they nodded their heads.
"Go tell Hokage-sama." the captain said.
With a nod, she made another hand sign and disappeared.
Sakura laid in her bed, thinking about Sasuke, he's been back a long time and he still hasn't changed one bit. She still loved him and she still wanted to be with him, but with Sasuke being so hostile, she didn't know what to do to get through to him. She was very angry when Tsunade didn't let her or Naruto go on the mission to bring him back, sending Hinata and her team to go after him, saying that they were in no way connected to him like they were. She was glad when they brought him back, but felt jealousy at the thought that they were able to bring him back and she nor Naruto couldn't.
Breaking her train of thoughts, Sakura sat up in her bed, groaning she got up and decided to take a shower to calm herself. She just needed to show Sasuke, that she really does love him and maybe he will open up to her more. Stepping into the shower and letting the water run, her thoughts drifted back to the conversation that she had with Naruto days ago. Naruto being Naruto told her just to give Sasuke time and he'll come around, but time was passing by and he was still the same as before, she knew it would take time for him to at least think of them as friends, the Uchiha seemed not to have the thought of changing in his mind in his mind at all.
After her shower the medical ninja put on a clean set of Pjs before climbing back into her bed, she sighed a heavy one as she closed her eyes to sleep, she really hoped that Sasuke would come around.
He wasn't pleased when one of his men were caught by Konoha ANBU, knowing they would try every trick in the book just to get information out of him, he shouldn't really care though, the man was a pawn, he only knew limited Intel, he didn't even know his actually name. Three figures entered his room, he raised his only hand to them telling them to stop, they bowed towards him and waited for his orders.
"Since one of my men have been taken, I want you to be on alert." he started in his low husky voice.
"What are you planning sir?" the leader of the three asked.
"My plans will just have to be put on hold for awhile." he said.
"Hai." the three nodded before they left.
There was a sinister smile on the man's face, he would let them play with the little information they have, let them feel they are onto something, just until the time is right for him to strike and then when they least expect it he will have her. That bitch will be his and he will make her suffer for what she did to him.
Hiashi did not like this one bit at all, he was called to an emergency meeting at the Hokage's tower concerning his daughter, they were only waiting on the elders of the Hyuga clan before they started. They came in one after another and gathered around the Hokage's desk, Tsunade turned her chair from facing the window to look at them, her eyes looking very troubled.
"We have a problem." she started. "Concerning the Hyugas, mostly the ex-heiress Hyuga Hinata."
The 5th eyes travelled to each Hyuga in the room, her eyes staying on the current head of the most noble clan.
"The captive that the ANBU interrogated didn't have much Intel on him, he only knew that he is rogue ninja from Kumogakure and he has his sights on Hinata." the Hokage saod.
Hiashi eyes narrowed.
"Why is he after my daughter, is it because he wants the Byakugan?" he asked.
"No, it doesn't seem like that it seems he only wants revenge." Tsunade implied.
"On Hinata? What for?" one of the Hyuga elders piped in skeptically.
The Hokage and Haishi seemed to glare at them but Tsunade's was most noticable, she could not believe them after all ths time they still didn't gave a rat's shit about the girl. She turned her eyes back to Hiashi deciding to inform him on something Hinata only told her about.
"On the last mission that Hinata went on, she said that the enemy used some sort of mind jutsu on her. She told me her eye sight became black and her head seemed to be on fire."
Everyone inside the room became quiet, Tsunade gave a warily chuckle.
"She tried to use her Byakugan but it didn't work, everything seemed to be useless against the jutsu she was under, Hinata overcame it somehow and was able to use her Byakugan for a short time before she blanked out."
Still no one said anything.
"What are you planning to do?" Hiashi asked.
Tsuande frowned.
"We have limited imformation, we can't just rush into something, we might be playing right into the enemy's plans. I did send out more ANBU to see if they can get any more information before I do anything hectic, but right now my main concern is keeping Hinata safe."
"Do what you want." The older Hyuga said.
EVeryone stared at him, obvious surprise on their faces, but the elder kept talking.
"She is a Hyuga, one of the most noble, she has showned herself to uphold the Hyuga's name. If you believe the threat against her is such a forbidable force, we won't stop you from protecting her." he concluded.
It took awhile for Tsunade to speak, she had listened to the elder's words carefully and there was something sincere in them, maybe she took the geezer's first words the wrong way maybe he did care for the ex-heiress somewhat. She nodded her head.
"Hai." she said. "You all may go."
They bowed respectfully at their Hokage as they left.
Walking home, Hiashi thought about Hinata, going back to the first moment she was born, to the daughter he sees at this moment, she was his precious daughter, one of the joys of his life, his momento of his wife. From that first December 27th, to this very day, admitting it, Hinata was one of the best things that happened in his life and he would be damn if anyone took that away.