Chapter 12: Chihiro

Hyuga Compound, Library 5:43 pm

A lone book sat on the lightly polished wood table. Being flipped by decade old hands the crinkled old pages held dust. Dust and memories not forgotten.

"I simply don't understand your obsession with Hinata. True, she's a real beauty. A goddess maybe, but is she really worth it?" The tall man walked along the long, stocked shelves.

"Hiroshi, you really do have a knack for playing games unnecessarily. You have a nasty habit…even if you don't particularly want something, you still fret about how to get it."

He stopped in back of the man flipping through the book.

"Hiroshi, are you even listening to me?"

"Of course, my dear."

"I told you don't call me that. It's disgusting." Hiroshi smirked.

"Hinata reminds me of her mother. You know Chihiro and I used to be lovers?"

"No, you never told me that. It's hard to believe though…she and Hiashi were practically the same body. They loved each other very much. Hiashi never was the same after she died."

Hiroshi looked up at the man.

"It was your fault that she died. You know that don't you?"

"Ha! And how was it mine?"

"No reason."

"You fool."

Hiroshi closed the book and settled back in the chair.

"Chihiro wouldn't comply. Even though she knew what would happen…I didn't think that she would go through with it. She knew what a beast you were, yet she still married Hiashi."

"My plan didn't go as well with her. Maybe her daughter will be more willing."

"To marry you? I highly doubt that."

"If it wasn't for Hiashi, then Chihiro and I would be together. I did what I had to keep this clan in an admirable position. Because when you look at it, power is all that matters."

"What are you planning to do with Neji? Or have you completely left him out of the equation?"

"Neji is dangerous. I admit that…but right now he is in a state of helplessness. He's still bound to the Main House. I want you to keep him that way. With that Curse Seal he won't be a problem."

"His will is stronger than mine, you know." The man stepped back.

"Yes. And that will…will be what kills him."

"Not, necessarily. Do you think that Chihiro taught Hinata that technique before she died?"

Hiroshi scowled.

"Hinata was only a babe in her mother's womb when she created that damned jutsu! And to think that she even used it! To defy me!"

"Does Hiashi even know about it?"

"Most likely not. He was so busy with leading the clan he hardly noticed what was going on in his own household. He was that stupid."

"This scheme of yours…are you sure it's going to work? It seems so complicated. Intricate if I might add. Well thought out."

"This is child's play for me. That Kuuybi container is another matter." Hiroshi got up and walked around the table. He stopped at a shelf and took out a book.

"Uzumaki Naruto won't get in our way will he?"

"Hopefully. I'll make him submit somehow…"

"You sound unsure, Hiroshi. After all…you're talking about the boy who dragged Uchiha Sasuke back to Konoha, killed three Akatsuki members, and defeated Pein. The Pein that attacked Konoha. The Pein that defeated Jiriaya the Sannin. You're talking about him right? That Uzumaki Naruto?" Hiroshi turned an angry eye towards the man.

"Don't fuck with me."

"Don't underestimate, Minato's son. That'll get you killed."

"Minato and Kushina are dead. I don't have to worry about them. Only their offspring."

"Does Naruto even know they're his parents?"

"No. I want it so stay that way." Hiroshi smiled and opened the book.

"This was Chihiro's favorite book. I gave it to her on her wedding day."

"The day you betrayed her."

"The day I married her."

Sorry this is so late! I've been really busy and I'm darn tired...I'm working on my other story 'Training the Heart' and I'm feel like I'm getting writer's block with that one....man! Yea...I know this was a really short chapter, but the next one wont be as short, (hopefully) :)