A/N: The children's game "Kagome, Kagome" Has a dark, sinister meaning that is painful and sad. Kagome, the bird in the cage, or the one in the middle blindfolded during the game, is sleeping. The game is asking who, of those you trust and play with, will betray you and stab you in the back when your luck runs out. :(
"Okay...Fine." Neji said, his face pained. "If you insist, I'll tell you about the Hyuuga's destiny of hatred. In the Hyuuga head family, there is a secret Ninjutsu that's been passed on from generation to generation. The Art of Curse Marking. The Curse Marke represents a bird in a cage..."
Kagome, Kagome
Bird in the cage...
"...and it's a mark of those who are bound to a destiny they can not escape." Neji took off his headband, revealing the mark.
Kagome had seen it often enough, but never knew exactly what it was. She never asked, allowing him time to come out on his own about it.
"What is...?" Naruto asked and Neji's eyes hardened.
"One day, when I was four years old, this accursed mark was inscribed on my forehead with the Curse Mark Art. A large ceremony was held in Konoha that day. It was also the day when the head Ninja of the Land of Lightning, the land that the Leaf had fought for many years, came for the conclusion of the allied treaty. However, there was one clan...who didn't attend the ceremony that was attended by everyone else, from Leaf Jonin to Genin. It was the Hyuuga clan... And it's because that day was the day of hope, when the head family heir was to turn three. It was Hinata-sama's third birthday!"
Kagome's hands grasped the front of her shirt, watching as he painfully told everyone his story. He turned to look at his uncle, sitting in the Hyuuga's seating.
"My father, Hizashi Hyuuga, and Hinata-sama's father, Hiashi Hyuuga-sama, were twin brothers. However, Hiashi-sama is the eldest son of the head framily, born into the world mere seconds before my own father. And my father, who was the second son, was made a member of the branch family." He paused, lost in a memory for a few moments.
When, oh when will you come out?
In the evening light of the dawn...
"When the head family heir grew and became three years old, I had the Curse Mark imprinted on me, and I became the bird in the cage. And as such, I became a part of the Hyuuga branch family."
Who is in front of the back,
Where the crane and turtle slipped and fell?
…...who will betray your trust and stab you in the back?